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clove pink

noun

Etymology

From clove (“spice”) + pink (“flower”).

  1. derived from pink — “something small”
  2. derived from *pincio✻
  3. derived from pinca — “chaffinch”
  4. formed as clove pink — “clove + pink”

Definitions

  1. A plant with clove-scented flowers, Dianthus caryophyllus, formerly used as a flavoring…

    A plant with clove-scented flowers, Dianthus caryophyllus, formerly used as a flavoring and for fragrance. The ancestor of the carnation.

    • ...while the bed of the rich crimson clove pink was like one of the spice islands, the very Manilla of the garden.

  2. The flower of this plant.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA