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sweet William

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sweet William
n.
An annual, biennial, or perennial herb (Dianthus barbatus), native to Eurasia, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers.
sweet william
Noun
a garden plant with clusters of white, pink, red, or purple flowers
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Noun1.sweet Williamsweet William - Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers
Dianthus barbatus
garden pink, pink - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers


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The name of the first of these newcomers was Vuffin; the other, probably as a pleasant satire upon his ugliness, was called Sweet William.
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