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FIRE PINK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fire pink mean?
• FIRE PINK (noun)
The noun FIRE PINK has 1 sense:
1. perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
Familiarity information: FIRE PINK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fire pink; Silene virginica
Hypernyms ("fire pink" is a kind of...):
campion; catchfly; silene (any plant of the genus Silene)
Holonyms ("fire pink" is a member of...):
genus Silene (large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly)
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