GARDENER'S DELIGHT
Dictionary entry overview: What does gardener's delight mean? • GARDENER'S DELIGHT (noun)
The noun GARDENER'S DELIGHT has 1 sense:
1. an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
Familiarity information: GARDENER'S DELIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GARDENER'S DELIGHT (noun)
Meaning:
An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
gardener's delight; Lychnis coronaria; mullein pink; rose campion; dusty miller
Hypernyms ("gardener's delight" is a kind of...):
catchfly; lychnis (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)
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