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clovepink

clovepink is the alternative form 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.

Forms of clovepink

pluralclovepinks

Questions about clovepink

What is clovepink the alternative form of?
Clovepink is the alternative form of clove pink.

Words near clovepink in the dictionary

  1. cloven-hoofed
  2. cloven-hooved
  3. clovene
  4. Clovenfords
  5. clovenness
  6. clovepink
  7. clovepinks
  8. clover
  9. clover clamp
  10. clover clamps
  11. Clover Flat

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