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sweet william
Word definitions for sweet william in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. Willy .] (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix , including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers [syn: Dianthus barbatus ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sweet William is a 1975 novel written by Beryl Bainbridge , it was made into a 1980 film of the same name (starring Jenny Agutter and Sam Waterston ) for which Bainbridge wrote the screenplay.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A flowering plant, (taxlink Dianthus barbatus species noshow=1), in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans. n. A flowering plant, (taxlink Dianthus barbatus species ...
Usage examples of sweet william.
I made this character for myself, Sweet William, and made him as outrageous as I could.
The air came in through the chinks in warm drafts, scented with stock and sweet william and garlic from the gardens outside, and the pleasant animal smell of the horses wafted up from below.
His men, with clumsy affection, called him after a homely flower, Sweet William, though on a battlefield he was anything but sweet.