Definition of Japanese pink

1. Noun. A flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-edged petals.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Pink

Japanese leaf
Japanese leek
Japanese lilac
Japanese lime
Japanese linden
Japanese maple
Japanese medlar
Japanese millet
Japanese monetary unit
Japanese morning glory
Japanese oak
Japanese oyster
Japanese pagoda tree
Japanese persimmon
Japanese pink (current term)
Japanese plum
Japanese poinsettia
Japanese privet
Japanese quince
Japanese radish
Japanese red pine
Japanese river fever
Japanese rose
Japanese sea lion
Japanese slipper
Japanese snowbell
Japanese spaniel
Japanese spitz
Japanese spitzes

Literary usage of Japanese pink

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

1. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"Tippecanoe.—Japanese Incurved. Terra cotta, with lighter reverse ; a fine exhibition flower. Violet King. — Japanese. Pink shaded violet. W. Matthews. ..."

2. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1896)
"Japanese. Pink shaded violet. W. Matthews. —-This must be the same as Governor Matthews. Pale pink, turning to white. VIOLETS. It is always the object of ..."

3. The Chrysanthemum, Its History, Culture, Classification, and Nomenclature by Frederick William Thomas Burbidge (1885)
"... was a beautifully fringed white flower, and invaluable for bouquets, having the appearance of a Japanese pink rather than of a Chrysanthemum. ..."

4. The Green-house Companion: Comprising a General Course of Green-house and by John Claudius Loudon (1825)
"DIANTHUS japonicus, Japanese pink, an evergreen frame perennial, a native of China, introduced in 1804, and flowering from June to October. ..."

5. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"There are several beautiful plants grown in gardens as Pinks of different kinds, such as the Indian Pink (Dianthus chinensis), the Japanese pink (Dianthus ..."

6. The Green-house Companion: Comprising a General Course of Green-house and by John Claudius Loudon (1825)
"... Japanese pink, an evergreen frame perennial, a native of China, introduced in 1804, and flowering from June to October. D. carolinianus, Carolina Pink, ..."

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