'Dianthus Caryophyllus' definitions:

Definition of 'Dianthus caryophyllus'

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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 [syn: carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus]

Definition of 'Dianthus Caryophyllus'

From: GCIDE
  • Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]
  • 1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. "The very pink of courtesy." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.
  • China pink, or Indian pink. See under China.
  • Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which carnations are derived.
  • Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.
  • Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to the ragged robin.
  • Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.
  • Moss pink. See under Moss.
  • Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.
  • Sea pink. See Thrift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dianthus Caryophyllus'

From: GCIDE
  • Carnation \Car*na"tion\, n. [F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
  • 1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. [1913 Webster]
  • Her complexion of the delicate carnation. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. [1913 Webster]
  • The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dianthus Caryophyllus'

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  • Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf, akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower.] [Written also gilliflower.] (Bot.)
  • 1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ({Dianthus Caryophyllus}) but now to the common stock ({Matthiola incana}), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core.
  • Clove gillyflower, the clove pink.
  • Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin ({Lychnis Flos-cuculi}).
  • Queen's gillyflower, or Winter gillyflower, damewort.
  • Sea gillyflower, the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).
  • Wall gillyflower, the wallflower (Cheiranthus Cheiri).
  • Water gillyflower, the water violet. [1913 Webster]