vaccaria hispanica

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   European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort

   Synonymscowherbcow cockleVaccaria pyramidataSaponaria vaccaria

   Broaderflower

   Part ofVaccaria

Questions about vaccaria hispanica

What does vaccaria hispanica mean?

vaccaria hispanica means "European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort".

What is another word for vaccaria hispanica?

Close synonyms include cowherb, cow cockle, Vaccaria pyramidata, Saponaria vaccaria. 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 vaccaria hispanica a common word?

vaccaria hispanica 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.