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Definition of Clove pink
1. Noun. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors.
Generic synonyms: Garden Pink, Pink
Derivative terms: Carnation
Definition of Clove pink
1. Noun. (botany) A plant with clove-scented flowers, ''Dianthus caryophyllus'', formerly used as a flavoring and for fragrance. The ancestor of the carnation ¹
2. Noun. The flower of this plant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clove Pink
Literary usage of Clove pink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"The clove pink is rather more hardy than the Carnation, of which it is the parent ;
the petals are more fringed and the fragrance more powerful, ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"See Eugenia. Caryophyllus, the ancient name of the clove, means "nut-leaf.
The carnation, or "clove pink, "was named ..."
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