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widow-wail

widow-wail noun: spurge olive (Cneorum tricoccon).

Noun

widow-wail

  1. (archaic) spurge olive (Cneorum tricoccon)

Questions about widow-wail

What does widow-wail mean?
Widow-wail means spurge olive (Cneorum tricoccon).
What part of speech is widow-wail?
Widow-wail is a noun.

Words near widow-wail in the dictionary

  1. widow's weeds
  2. widow-hunter
  3. widow-hunters
  4. widow-maker
  5. widow-makers
  6. widow-wail
  7. widowbird
  8. widowbirds
  9. widowdom
  10. widowed
  11. widower

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