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clove pink
noun
- a pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having a spicy scent resembling that of cloves. Compare carnation ( def 1 ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clove pink1
First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences
He sat down upon it, rather heavily, and lifted the clove-pink to his nostrils again.
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The periwinkle was common in mediæval gardens, and so was the gilly-flower or clove-pink.
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Then the first bat zig-zagged across the sky; and every clove-pink border became misty with the wings of dusk-moths.
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The spice called clove and the clove-pink both belong to Lat.
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It was almost half a century ago that that bold-eyed handsome stranger had compared the color in her cheeks to a clove pink.
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