Definition of Pink family

1. Noun. Large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pink Family

pink-eye
pink-eyes
pink-slipped
pink 'un
pink bollworm
pink calla
pink cigars
pink cockatoo
pink disease
pink disease fungus
pink elephant
pink elephants
pink family (current term)
pink films
pink fivecorner
pink fritillary
pink gin
pink gins
pink jersey
pink lady
pink noise
pink of my John
pink paper daisy
pink sand verbena
pink shower

Literary usage of Pink family

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The pink family consists of 70 genera and from 1200-1500 species, distributed over all parts of the earth, though most abundant in the temperate and sub- 20 ..."

2. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"Besides those of the pink family that are herein mentioned in detail, there are through our range as examples of the order two well naturalised plants which ..."

3. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"Two great divisions or tribes, viz. the true pink family and the CHICKWEED ... Flowers small, compared with the pink family, and the plants usually low and ..."

4. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"... OR pink family. Mostly annual or perennial herbs represented by about 1500 species and are found mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, a large number ..."

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