NOUN | plant | cuckoo flower, lady's smock, cuckooflower, meadow cress, Cardamine pratensis | a bitter cress of Europe and America |
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plant | cuckoo flower, ragged robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Lychins floscuculi | common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals |
Meaning | A bitter cress of Europe and America. | |
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Synonyms | lady's smock, cuckooflower, meadow cress, Cardamine pratensis | |
Broader | bittercress, bitter cress | Any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers |
Meaning | Common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals. | |
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Synonyms | ragged robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Lychins floscuculi | |
Broader | lychnis, catchfly | Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects |
Catalan | Lychnis flos-cuculi |
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