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Meaning of sweet william | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. 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.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Alternative spelling of sweet william.
    alt-of, alternative
  3. Various dogfish, especially when sold as food.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Čeština hvozdík bradatý hvozdík vousatý
Cymraeg penigan barfog
Deutsch Bartnelke
Suomi harjaneilikka
Français œillet de poète
Gaeilge lus na gile
Magyar törökszegfű
Italiano garofano dei poeti
한국어 수염패랭이꽃
Русский туре́цкая гвозди́ка
Svenska borstnejlika
Türkçe hüsnüyusuf

Examples

“Of flowers there were double poppies and sweet-williams.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sweet woodruff sweet wormwood sweet yarrow sweet young thing sweet-after-death sweet-amber

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