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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A cruciferrous plant (
Hesperis matronalis ), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called alsorocket anddame's violet .
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- noun Hesperis matronalis, a
herbaceous mustard .
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dame + wort
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