COW COCKLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cow cockle mean? 

• COW COCKLE (noun)
  The noun COW COCKLE has 1 sense:

1. European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort

  Familiarity information: COW COCKLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COW COCKLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cow cockle; cowherb; Saponaria vaccaria; Vaccaria hispanica; Vaccaria pyramidata

Hypernyms ("cow cockle" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("cow cockle" is a member of...):

genus Vaccaria; Vaccaria (cow-cockles)