Vaccaria

noun

Vac·​car·​ia

vaˈka(a)rēə

in some classifications

: a small genus of Eurasian annual herbs (family Caryophyllaceae) having opposite acute leaves and rather small red or pink flowers in terminal cymes followed by 5-angled much inflated capsules and being usually included in the genus Saponaria

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin, cow pasture; from its value as fodder

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