sweet william
sweet william noun: 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.
Noun
sweet 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.
- Of flowers there were double poppies and sweet-williams.1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman At The Store
- Synonyms:
- bunch pink
- Various dogfish, especially when sold as food.
- Synonyms:
- rock salmon
Proper noun capitalized: Sweet William
Sweet William
- Alternative spelling of sweet william.
sweet william meaning in Vietnamese
sweet william in Vietnamese
- Dianthus barbatus
- cẩm chướng thơm lùn
Synonyms of sweet william
Forms of sweet william
| plural | sweet williams |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sweet-william |
| alternative form | Sweet William |
Questions about sweet william
- What does sweet william mean?
- Sweet william means 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.
- What is sweet william in Vietnamese?
- Sweet william in Vietnamese is cẩm chướng thơm lùn. See Sweet william meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is sweet william?
- Sweet william can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of sweet william?
- The plural of sweet william is sweet williams.
Words near sweet william in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweet william (page history and authors); Sweet William (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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