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fringed pink

fringed pink

8.8
A small plant with pink or lilac flowers that have a lacy edge and a light scent
  • noun
translation icon : clavel fringido
  • Gardeners prize the fringed pink for its delicate, lacy petals.

Examples

  • The fringed pink blooms beautifully in spring along the Californian coast.

  • We identified the wildflower as a rare fringed pink growing near the trail.

  • Look at that fringed pink!

  • The garden is filled with fringed pink flowers.

  • Gardeners prize the fringed pink for its delicate, lacy petals.

  • The fringed pink blooms beautifully in spring along the Californian coast.

  • We identified the wildflower as a rare fringed pink growing near the trail.

Synonyms

pink
vsfringed pink
11 5.6

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

is a specific form with lilac blooms and more delicate lacy petals
Dianthus superbus
vsfringed pink
  • Specialized
9.6

A plant that lives for many years with fragrant pink or lilac flowers with deeply fringed petals

is the garden variety noted for delicate lacy petals and a pleasant scent

Surface Forms

fringed pink singular
fringed pinks plural

Morphology

fringed + pink

The phrase names a type of pink (Dianthus) whose petals are 'fringed'; the adjective 'fringed' straightforwardly modifies the noun 'pink', so the overall meaning is directly deducible from the parts. This simple adjective+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent senses.

Etymology

Fringed pink comes from how the flower looks: its petals are fringed with tiny, lacy edges. The word pink here refers to garden 'pinks', a kind of small carnation, so the name points to the flower's delicate edge and type.