sweet william
See also: sweet-william and Sweet William
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editsweet william (usually uncountable, plural sweet williams)
- A flowering plant, Dianthus barbatus, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans.
- Synonym: bunch pink
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman At The Store:
- Of flowers there were double poppies and sweet-williams.
- Various dogfish, especially when sold as food.
- Synonym: rock salmon
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editDianthus barbatus
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edit- “sweet william”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- sweet william on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Dianthus barbatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies