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RAGGED ROBIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ragged robin mean?
• RAGGED ROBIN (noun)
The noun RAGGED ROBIN has 1 sense:
1. common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
Familiarity information: RAGGED ROBIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cuckoo flower; Lychins floscuculi; Lychnis flos-cuculi; ragged robin
Hypernyms ("ragged robin" is a kind of...):
catchfly; lychnis (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)
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