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noun
A plant with clove-scented flowers, Dianthus caryophyllus, formerly used as a flavoring and for fragrance. The ancestor of the carnation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The flower of this plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: carnation, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus
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Broader terms: pink, garden pink
History
From clove (“spice”) + pink (“flower”).
