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sweet williams

sweet williams is the plural of sweet william.

Meaning of sweet william

Noun

sweet william (usually uncountable, plural sweet williams)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    bunch pink
  2. (usually) Various dogfish, especially when sold as food.
    Synonyms:
    rock salmon

Questions about sweet williams

What is sweet williams the plural of?
Sweet williams is the plural of sweet william.

Words near sweet williams in the dictionary

  1. sweet vernal grass
  2. sweet water
  3. sweet waters
  4. sweet whiskey
  5. sweet william
  6. sweet williams
  7. sweet woodruff
  8. sweet wormwood
  9. sweet wormwoods
  10. sweet yarrow
  11. sweet young thing

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