clove pink
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of clove pink
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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An empty camphor vial on Richard's desk had always a clove pink, or a pansy, or a rose, stuck into it, according to the season.
From The Stillwater Tragedy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
Caryophyllus.—The clove pink emits a most fragrant odor, "especially at night," says Darwin.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
Carnation, kar-nā′shun, n. flesh-colour: one of the finest of florists' flowers, a double-flowering variety of the clove pink, and existing only in a state of cultivation.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The clove pink was the ancestor of all the carnations.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
Fly smiled, and quickly seized a bouquet with a clove pink in it.
From Little Folks Astray by May, Sophie
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