clove pink

American  

noun

1. a pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having a spicy scent resembling that of cloves.

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clove pink British  

noun

1. another name for carnation

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Etymology

Origin of clove pink

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

Fly smiled, and quickly seized a bouquet with a clove pink in it.

From Little Folks Astray by May, Sophie

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

The clove pink was the ancestor of all the carnations.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

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