sweet william en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) 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.
Of flowers there were double poppies and sweet-williams.
1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman At The Store:
- (uncountable, usually) Various dogfish, especially when sold as food.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sweet williams | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Sweet William | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sweet-william | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (26)
lv čemuru neļķe (Dianthus barbatus) · cs hvozdík bradatý (Dianthus barbatus) · it garofano dei poeti (Dianthus barbatus) · chr ᎠᏂᏧᏣ ᎠᏂᏥᎸᏍᎩ (Dianthus barbatus) · vi cẩm chướng thơm lùn (Dianthus barbatus) · de Bartnelke (Dianthus barbatus) · pl goździk brodaty (Dianthus barbatus) · cs hvozdík vousatý (Dianthus barbatus) · ru туре́цкая гвозди́ка (Dianthus barbatus) · ota حسن یوسف (Dianthus barbatus) · nrf jalousie (Dianthus barbatus) · wa bouket-tot-fwait (Dianthus barbatus) · fi harjaneilikka (Dianthus barbatus) · bg самакитка (Dianthus barbatus) · ga lus na gile (Dianthus barbatus) · fr œillet de poète (Dianthus barbatus) · ro garofiță-de-grădină (Dianthus barbatus) · nrf girofliée (Dianthus barbatus) · yi באָרד־נעגעלע (Dianthus barbatus) · ko 수염패랭이꽃 (Dianthus barbatus) · mk турски трендафил (Dianthus barbatus) · ca clavell del pom (Dianthus barbatus) · sv borstnejlika (Dianthus barbatus) · cy penigan barfog (Dianthus barbatus) · tr hüsnüyusuf (Dianthus barbatus) · hu törökszegfű (Dianthus barbatus)