noun
cow-cockles
• Syn: ↑genus Vaccaria
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family
• Member Meronyms: ↑cowherb, ↑cow cockle, ↑Vaccaria hispanica, ↑Vaccaria pyramidata, ↑Saponaria vaccaria
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\\vaˈka(a)rēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, cow pasture; from its value as fodder
in some classifications : a small genus of Eurasian annual herbs (family Caryophyllaceae) having opposite acute leaves and rather small red or pink flowers in terminal cymes followed by 5-angled much inflated capsules and being usually included in the genus Saponaria
Useful english dictionary. 2012.