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clove pink

noun

  1. a pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having a spicy scent resembling that of cloves. Compare carnation ( def 1 ).


clove pink

noun

  1. another name for carnation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of clove pink1

First recorded in 1865–70
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The fragrance is described as sweet and spicy — like clove pinks or carnations.

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The pathway was unswept, the clove pinks streeling over the neat box borders.

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Some of Chicken Little’s own clove pinks, mingled 183with feathery larkspur and ribbon grass, filled a silver bowl in the center of the table.

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He threw away the green leaves of the clove pinks that his son had given him, and took the blue and silver loop from the old woman's hands.

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We were balanced precariously on a board, laid across the ash barrel, and The Seraph, losing his balance, fell headlong into a bed of clove pinks, almost at the Bishop's feet.

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