[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

london tuft \london tuft\ bot.
   the sweet william dianthus barbatus.
   webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
dianthus barbatus 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweet \sweet\, a. compar. sweeter; superl. sweetest. oe.
   swete, swote, sote, as. sw=ete; akin to ofries. sw=ete,
   os. sw=oti, d. zoet, g. s"uss, ohg. suozi, icel. saetr,
   soetr, sw. s"ot, dan. s"od, goth. suts, l. suavis, for
   suadvis, gr. ?, skr. sv=adu sweet, svad, sv=ad, to
   sweeten. root175. cf. assuage, suave, suasion.
   1. having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;
      saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet
      beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
      1913 webster

   2. pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
      sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
      1913 webster

            the breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
                                                  --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   3. pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the
      sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet
      voice; a sweet singer.
      1913 webster

            to make his english sweet upon his tongue.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            a voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   4. pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
      as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
      1913 webster

            sweet interchange
            of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   6. not changed from a sound or wholesome state. specifically:
      a not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.
      b not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
          sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
          1913 webster

   7. plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
      winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
      1913 webster

            canst thou bind the sweet influence of pleiades?
                                                  --job xxxviii.
                                                  31.
      1913 webster

            mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
            established rule of christian working. --m. arnold.
      1913 webster

   note: sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
         compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
         sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
         1913 webster

   sweet alyssum. bot. see alyssum.

   sweet apple. bot.
      a any apple of sweet flavor.
      b see sweet-sop.

   sweet bay. bot.
      a the laurel laurus nobilis.
      b swamp sassafras.

   sweet calabash bot., a plant of the genus passiflora
      passiflora maliformis growing in the west indies, and
      producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
      

   sweet cicely. bot.
      a either of the north american plants of the
          umbelliferous genus osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
          and seeds, and white flowers. --gray.
      b a plant of the genus myrrhis myrrhis odorata
          growing in england.

   sweet calamus, or sweet cane. bot. same as sweet
      flag, below.

   sweet cistus bot., an evergreen shrub cistus ladanum
      from which the gum ladanum is obtained.

   sweet clover. bot. see melilot.

   sweet coltsfoot bot., a kind of butterbur petasites
      sagittata found in western north america.

   sweet corn bot., a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
      see the note under corn.

   sweet fern bot., a small north american shrub comptonia
      asplenifolia syn. myrica asplenifolia having
      sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
      

   sweet flag bot., an endogenous plant acorus calamus
      having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
      aromatic taste. it is found in wet places in europe and
      america. see calamus, 2.

   sweet gale bot., a shrub myrica gale having bitter
      fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and dutch
      myrtle. see 5th gale.

   sweet grass bot., holy, or seneca, grass.

   sweet gum bot., an american tree liquidambar
      styraciflua. see liquidambar.

   sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
      purposes.

   sweet john bot., a variety of the sweet william.

   sweet leaf bot., horse sugar. see under horse.

   sweet marjoram. bot. see marjoram.

   sweet marten zool., the pine marten.

   sweet maudlin bot., a composite plant achillea
      ageratum allied to milfoil.

   sweet oil, olive oil.

   sweet pea. bot. see under pea.

   sweet potato. bot. see under potato.

   sweet rush bot., sweet flag.

   sweet spirits of niter med. chem. see spirit of nitrous
      ether, under spirit.

   sweet sultan bot., an annual composite plant centaurea
      moschata, also, the yellow-flowered centaurea
      odorata; -- called also sultan flower.

   sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
      sweetmeats. colloq.

   sweet william.
      a bot. a species of pink dianthus barbatus of many
          varieties.
      b zool. the willow warbler.
      c zool. the european goldfinch; -- called also sweet
          billy. prov. eng.

   sweet willow bot., sweet gale.

   sweet wine. see dry wine, under dry.

   to be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
      special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
      colloq. --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   syn: sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
        1913 webster
see also:
sweeter sweetest assuage suave suasion sweet alyssum 
alyssum sweet apple sweet-sop sweet bay laurus nobilis 
sweet calabash passiflora passiflora maliformis sweet cicely osmorrhiza 
myrrhis myrrhis odorata sweet calamus sweet cane sweet flag 
sweet cistus cistus ladanum sweet clover melilot sweet coltsfoot 
petasites sagittata sweet corn corn sweet fern comptonia asplenifolia 
myrica asplenifolia sweet flag acorus calamus calamus sweet gale 
myrica gale sweet willow dutch myrtle gale sweet grass 
sweet gum liquidambar styraciflua liquidambar sweet herbs sweet john 
sweet leaf horse sweet marjoram marjoram sweet marten 
sweet maudlin achillea ageratum sweet oil sweet pea pea 
sweet potato potato sweet rush sweet spirits of niter spirit of nitrous ether 
spirit sweet sultan centaurea moschata centaurea odorata sultan flower 
sweet tooth sweet william dianthus barbatus sweet billy sweet willow 
sweet wine dry wine dry to be sweet on 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dianthus barbatus
     n : eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense
         clusters of varicolored flowers syn: sweet william
see also:
sweet william 

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