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sweet william

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables
sweet- william
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Various dogfish, especially when sold as food.

Uncountable

name

Alternative spelling of sweet william.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

sweet williams (plural) sweet-william (alternative)

Phrases

sweet John

Frequently Paired Words

sweet John

Synonyms

bunch pink rock salmon dianthus barbatus

Questions

What does sweet william mean?
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.

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