cowherb

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noun

Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.

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cow cockleVaccaria hispanicaVaccaria pyramidataSaponaria vaccaria
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Meanings

nouncowherb (uncountable)
  1. uncountableVaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
cow cockleVaccaria hispanicaVaccaria pyramidataSaponaria vaccaria
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cow + herb.

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Translations

Bulgarian калугерка
  • калугерка (kalugerka)Vaccaria hispanica
Catalan colera
  • coleraVaccaria hispanica
Finnish toukokukka
  • toukokukkaVaccaria hispanica
German Kuhnelke
  • KuhnelkeVaccaria hispanica
Japanese 道灌草
  • 道灌草 (doukan-sou)Vaccaria hispanica
Cite this entry
APA

cowherb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowherb

MLA

“cowherb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowherb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowherb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowherb.

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