MARSH PINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marsh pink mean? 

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

1. any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARSH PINK (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American centaury; bitter floom; marsh pink; rose pink; Sabbatia Angularis; Sabbatia stellaris

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

sabbatia (any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes)