SWEET WILLIAM


Meaning of SWEET WILLIAM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌswēt-ˈwil-yəm ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized W

Etymology: from the name William

Date: 1573

: a widely cultivated Old World pink ( Dianthus barbatus ) with small white to deep red or purple flowers often showily spotted, banded, or mottled and borne in flat-topped cymes

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.