FRINGED PINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fringed pink mean? 

• FRINGED PINK (noun)
  The noun FRINGED PINK has 2 senses:

1. low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers

2. Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins

  Familiarity information: FRINGED PINK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRINGED PINK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fringed pink; ground pink; Linanthus dianthiflorus; moss pink

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

phlox (any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers)

Holonyms ("fringed pink" is a member of...):

genus Linanthus; Linanthus (a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dianthus supurbus; fringed pink

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

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