clove pink en · NOUN
Etymology
From clove (“spice”) + pink (“flower”).
Meanings
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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:
- The flower of this plant.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clove pinks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| clovepink | alternative | lexicographic |