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dame's rocket

dame's rocket noun: a plant of the species Hesperis matronalis, native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere, often considered invasive.

dame's rocket: a plant of the species Hesperis matronalis, native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere, often...
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Noun

dame's rocket (countable and uncountable, plural dame's rockets)

  1. A plant of the species Hesperis matronalis, native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere, often considered invasive.
    Synonyms:
    damask violet, dame’s violet, dames-wort, dame’s gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen’s gilliflower, rogue’s gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, mother-of-the-evening

Synonyms of dame's rocket

  • damask violet
  • dame’s violet
  • dames-wort
  • dame’s gilliflower
  • night-scented gilliflower
  • queen’s gilliflower
  • rogue’s gilliflower
  • summer lilac
  • sweet rocket
  • mother-of-the-evening
1 more synonymsFewer synonyms
  • winter gilliflower

All synonyms of dame's rocket

Forms of dame's rocket

pluraldame's rockets

Questions about dame's rocket

What does dame's rocket mean?
Dame's rocket means a plant of the species Hesperis matronalis, native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere, often considered invasive.
What part of speech is dame's rocket?
Dame's rocket is a noun.
What is the plural of dame's rocket?
The plural of dame's rocket is dame's rockets.

Words near dame's rocket in the dictionary

  1. dame
  2. dame de compagnie
  3. dame school
  4. dame schools
  5. Dame's Delight
  6. dame's rocket
  7. dame's rockets
  8. dame's violet
  9. damed
  10. damehood
  11. damehoods

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