Found 3 hits - Term: china pink, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
pink dianthus bunch pink dianthus barbatus china pink indian pink
china clove pink dianthus caryophyllus garden pink pheasant's eye
meadow pink dianthus deltoides maiden pink moss pink moss
pink needle alfilaria sea pink thrift
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
china \chi"na\, n.
1. a country in eastern asia.
1913 webster
2. china ware, which is the modern popular term for
porcelain. see porcelain.
1913 webster
china aster bot., a well-known garden flower and plant.
see aster.
china bean. see under bean, 1.
china clay see kaolin.
china grass, same as ramie.
china ink. see india ink.
china pink bot., an anual or biennial species of
dianthus dianthus chiensis having variously colored
single or double flowers; indian pink.
china root med., the rootstock of a species of smilax
smilax china, from the east indies; -- formerly much
esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used
for. also the galanga root from alpinia gallanga and
alpinia officinarum.
china rose. bot.
a a popular name for several free-blooming varieties of
rose derived from the rosa indica, and perhaps other
species.
b a flowering hothouse plant hibiscus rosa-sinensis
of the mallow family, common in the gardens of china
and the east indies.
china shop, a shop or store for the sale of china ware or
of crockery.
pride of china, china tree. bot. see azedarach.
1913 webster
see also:
porcelain china aster aster china bean bean china clay
kaolin china grass ramie china ink india ink
china pink dianthus dianthus chiensis china root smilax
smilax china alpinia gallanga alpinia officinarum china rose rosa indica
hibiscus rosa-sinensis china shop pride of china china tree azedarach
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
china pink
n : chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a
purplish eye; usually raised as an annual syn: rainbow
pink, dianthus chinensis
see also:
rainbow pink dianthus chinensis
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