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button pink

button pink

9.8
A garden plant that grows every year with many small round pink flowers
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌtən pɪŋk/
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  • She planted button pinks alongside sweet Williams to create a vibrant border.

Examples

  • The button pink is often found in cottage gardens due to its attractive blossoms.

  • Botanists admire the button pink for its hardiness and lovely cluster-shaped flowers.

  • The button pink bloomed beautifully in the garden.

  • I love the vibrant color of button pinks in spring.

  • The button pink adds a splash of color to any garden with its lovely rounded flowers.

  • In late spring, the button pink blooms profusely, filling gardens with its cheerful blossoms.

  • Many gardeners choose the button pink for its charming appearance and resilience in various climates.

Synonyms

pink
vsbutton pink
11 5.6

A small garden flower often with a nice smell and pale red or white petals

focuses on a branching perennial producing clusters of small rounded blooms
garden pink
vsbutton pink
5.5

A small garden plant with bright, often sweet smelling flowers

is more about a perennial with many branched clusters of small rounded flowers

Surface Forms

button pink singular
button pinks plural

Morphology

button + pink

The noun names a type of 'pink' (the Dianthus flower) described as 'button'-shaped, so the meaning is directly derived from combining 'button' (budlike, rounded) + 'pink' (the flower). This kind of shape/feature + flower compound is a straightforward, compositional pattern that a learner who knows both constituents can readily understand.

Etymology

Button pink gets its name from its small, round flowers that look like a button and because it belongs to the pink family of flowers, not just the color. So the name helps you picture a little 'button' bloom from the 'pink' group.