CLOVE PINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clove pink mean? 

• CLOVE PINK (noun)
  The noun CLOVE PINK has 1 sense:

1. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

  Familiarity information: CLOVE PINK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOVE PINK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

carnation; clove pink; Dianthus caryophyllus; gillyflower

Hypernyms ("clove pink" is a kind of...):

garden pink; pink (any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers)