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DIANTHUS CHINENSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dianthus chinensis mean?
• DIANTHUS CHINENSIS (noun)
The noun DIANTHUS CHINENSIS has 1 sense:
1. Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annual
Familiarity information: DIANTHUS CHINENSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annual
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
china pink; Dianthus chinensis; rainbow pink
Hypernyms ("Dianthus chinensis" is a kind of...):
garden pink; pink (any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Dianthus chinensis"):
Dianthus chinensis heddewigii; Japanese pink (a flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-edged petals)
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