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white cockle - bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis

evening lychnis, Lychnis alba, Silene latifolia, white campion, bladder campion

genus Silene - large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly

campion, catchfly, silene - any plant of the genus Silene

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Admittedly a renovation, the design and materials followed closely what was excavated from the garden first set out in the 17th century, including white cockle shells from Penclawdd.

Once departed parterres return; HOMETRUTHS

similis is referred to as the female cockle (this has nothing to do with the actual gender of the cockles), but sometimes they are referred to as the black cockle and the white cockle, respectively.

The fisheries for mangrove cockles, Anadara spp., from Mexico to Peru, with descriptions of their habitats and biology, the fishermen's lives, and the effects of shrimp farming

But Malu's fate was shared by others, their bodies covered with the white cockles of Papatea, the dust of Papatea, the fragrance of Papatea.

Papatea

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