clove pink

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clove pink

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From clove (“spice”) + pink (“flower”).

noun clove pinks · clovepink

  1. A plant with clove-scented flowers, Dianthus caryophyllus, formerly used as a flavoring and for fragrance. The ancestor of the carnation. ...while the bed of the rich crimson clove pink was like one of the spice islands, the very Manilla of the garden.

    Similar: gillyflower

  2. The flower of this plant.

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@misc{clove_pink_2026,
  title = {clove pink},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clove%20pink},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}