pink
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- noun
- /pɪŋk/
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clavelina
- There's the scent of rosemary, marjoram, and the little vases of pinks on the tables.
Examples
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The garden was filled with beautiful pinks that released a sweet fragrance in the summer air.
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Pinks and peaches, vibrant greens and blues, and lavenders going from sultry to misty.
Fiction book (1999) -
We have petunias, pinks, and columbine, vegetables too, and table herbs.
Fiction book (1993) -
She admired the vibrant pinks in the flowerbed, each bloom more fragrant than the last.
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The florist arranged a bouquet featuring bright pinks along with other colorful flowers.
Synonyms
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A garden flower like a carnation with bright, often scented petals
A small garden flower with pink, fringed petals and a sweet scent
A small garden plant with bright, often sweet smelling flowers
A small garden plant with a strong sweet smell and pink or rosy flowers
A small garden flower with pink or lilac frilly petals often grown for summer color
A small garden flower with toothed pink petals often grown as an annual
A small garden flower with frilled rose-coloured petals often grown for one season
A small garden flower with bright, jagged-edged pink petals
A garden flower with many petals and a spicy clove smell
A garden plant that grows every year with many small round pink flowers
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small garden plant with a strong sweet smell and pink or rosy flowers
- US
A small wildflower with bright red notched petals that grows each year in eastern North America
- UK
A plant from Europe with pink or white flowers whose leaves make soap when crushed
- US
A garden plant with bright red or white flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies
- US
A small plant with pink flowers that grows on rocky slopes in the western United States
- Specialized
A small caterpillar that eats seeds inside cotton bolls and damages cotton plants
- Indian
A serious fungus that forms a pink cover on the bark of coffee or citrus trees
- Australian
A fungus that causes pink disease in plants like citrus, coffee, and rubber trees
A low plant with clusters of deep pink or white flowers that grows on sandy areas near the sea
A tree from warm places with upright groups of pink flowers grown for decoration
- Specialized
Dirty water from meat or chicken factories that is pink and needs treatment
- Australian
A small bush from southwest Australia with scented leaves and pink flowers followed by five-sided fruit
- Australian
A plant with bright pink, papery flowers like small daisies often used dried for decoration
- Australian
A plant with bright pink and white daisy-like flowers that keep their colour when dried
- Specialized
A low plant with pink or purple flowers that grows on coasts and rocky hills
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pink: The garden flower called a pink likely gets its name from a verb that meant 'to cut', because the flower's petals look like they have many small cuts or frills, similar to the edge made by pinking shears. So a pink is the fragrant, frilly flower you see in gardens.