sweet william

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

   SynonymsDianthus barbatus

   Broaderpink

Questions about sweet william

What does sweet william mean?

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

What is another word for sweet william?

Close synonyms include Dianthus barbatus. 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 sweet william a common word?

sweet william 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.