clove pink

See also: clovepink

English

Alternative forms

clovepink

Etymology

clove (“spice”) +‎ pink (“flower”)

Noun

clove pink (plural clove pinks)

A plant with clove-scented flowers, Dianthus caryophyllus, formerly used as a flavoring and for fragrance. The ancestor of the carnation.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 8:
  ...while the bed of the rich crimson clove pink was like one of the spice islands, the very Manilla of the garden.
The flower of this plant.

Synonyms

gillyflower

Translations

carnation — see carnation

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