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cowherb

cowherb noun: vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.

Noun

cowherb (uncountable)

  1. Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.

Origin of cowherb

From cow + herb.

Questions about cowherb

What does cowherb mean?
Cowherb means vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.
What part of speech is cowherb?
Cowherb is a noun.

Words near cowherb in the dictionary

  1. cowheards
  2. cowhearted
  3. cowheel
  4. cowheels
  5. Cowher
  6. cowherb
  7. cowherd
  8. cowherder
  9. cowherders
  10. cowherdess
  11. cowherdesses

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