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cushion pink

American  

noun

  1. a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.

Etymology

Origin of cushion pink

First recorded in 1860–65

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