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Noun: cow cockle
  1. European annual with pale rose-coloured flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
    - cowherb, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, Saponaria vaccaria

Derived forms: cow cockles

Type of: flower

Part of: genus Vaccaria, Vaccaria