INDIAN PINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian pink mean? 

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

1. tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere

2. North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN PINK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cypress vine; Indian pink; Ipomoea quamoclit; Quamoclit pennata; star-glory

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

morning glory (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cardinal flower; Indian pink; Lobelia cardinalis

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

lobelia (any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia)