vaccaria

[Lat. vacca=a cow. (See def.)] Bot.: A genus of Silenese, akin to Saponaria, but with a five-angled calyx enlarged after flowering. It is said to increase the secretion of milk of cows fed upon it. *văc-car-ỹ, *văc-char-ỹ, s. [Low Lat. vacca rium , from Lat. vacca a cow.] Acow-house, dairy, or cow-pasture. (Prov.)