dianthus barbatus

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   Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers

   Synonymssweet William

   Broaderpink

Questions about dianthus barbatus

What does dianthus barbatus mean?

dianthus barbatus means "Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers".

What is another word for dianthus barbatus?

Close synonyms include sweet William. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dianthus barbatus a common word?

dianthus barbatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.