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[syn: damask violet, Dame's violet, sweet rocket, Hesperis matronalis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Damewort \Dame"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for
its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; --
called also rocket and dame's violet. --Loudon.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hesperis matronalis
n 1: long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more
pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to
Siberia and into North America [syn: damask violet,
Dame's violet, sweet rocket, Hesperis matronalis]