sweet william

基本解釋

I discovered Sweet William, which I had admired for years in Grandpa's garden without knowing its name. And I planted it in his honor.
我在爺爺?shù)幕▓@裡發(fā)現(xiàn)了我喜歡多年的美洲石竹，以前一直不知道它的名字，現(xiàn)在我以爺爺?shù)拿u(yù)栽下了它。
Any of various plants of the genus dianthus such as the carnation and sweet william often cultivated for their showy fragrant flowers.
石竹一種石竹屬植物，如康迺馨和美國(guó)石竹等，常因其豔麗、芳香的花朵種植。
As we were choosing flowers from the florist for Grandpa's funeral, I slipped away to Grandpa's garden and walked with my memories of columbine and Sweet William.
儅大家在花店?duì)?wèi)爺爺?shù)脑岫Y選擇葬花時(shí)，我悄悄地離開(kāi)來(lái)到爺爺?shù)幕▓@。

But the experiment for which he is best remembered is the crossing of a sweet william with a plant of the same genus, the ever-popular carnation.
ECONOMIST: Of a practical nature

a widely cultivated Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant, Dianthus barbatus, with flat clusters of white, pink, red, or purple flowers