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clove pink

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

Noun

clove pink (plural clove pinks)

  1. 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.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 8
    Synonyms:
    gillyflower
  2. The flower of this plant.

Synonyms of clove pink

Forms of clove pink

pluralclove pinks
alternative formclovepink

Origin of clove pink

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

Questions about clove pink

What does clove pink mean?
Clove pink means a plant with clove-scented flowers, Dianthus caryophyllus, formerly used as a flavoring and for fragrance. The ancestor of the carnation.
What part of speech is clove pink?
Clove pink is a noun.
What is the plural of clove pink?
The plural of clove pink is clove pinks.

Words near clove pink in the dictionary

  1. clove hitch
  2. clove hitches
  3. clove hook
  4. clove hooks
  5. clove lilli pilli
  6. clove pink
  7. clove pinks
  8. clove-hitch
  9. clove-hitches
  10. cloved
  11. cloveless

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