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clove pinks

clove pinks is the plural of clove pink.

Meaning of clove pink

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.

Questions about clove pinks

What is clove pinks the plural of?
Clove pinks is the plural of clove pink.

Words near clove pinks in the dictionary

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

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