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Found 4 hits - Term: maiden 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
maiden \maid"en\, a.
   1. of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to,
      or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
      "amid the maiden throng." --addison.
      1913 webster

            have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. never having been married; not having had sexual
      intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but
      sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. "a surprising old
      maiden lady." --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   3. fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
      "maiden flowers." --shak.
      1913 webster

            full bravely hast thou fleshed
            thy maiden sword.                     --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
      captured, or violated. -- t. warton. macaulay.
      1913 webster

   maiden assize eng. law, an assize which there is no
      criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with
      blood. it was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to
      present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --smart.

   maiden name, the surname of a woman before her marriage.

   maiden pink. bot. see under pink.

   maiden plum bot., a west indian tree comocladia
      integrifolia with purplish drupes. the sap of the tree
      is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain.

   maiden speech, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a
      new member in a public body.

   maiden tower, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.
      

   maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
      1913 webster
see also:
maiden assize maiden name maiden pink pink maiden plum comocladia integrifolia 
maiden speech maiden tower maiden voyage 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
maiden pink \maiden pink\ n.
   a low-growing loosely mat-forming eurasian pink dianthus
   deltoides with single crimson-eyed pale pink flowers.
   wordnet 1.5
see also:
dianthus deltoides 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
maiden pink
     n : low-growing loosely mat-forming eurasian pink with single
         crimson-eyed pale pink flowers syn: dianthus deltoides
see also:
dianthus deltoides 

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Maiden >> M Words
Maiden, definition of term: Maiden
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Pink >> P Words
Pink, definition of term: Pink
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Pink Slip >> P Words
Pink Slip, definition of term: Pink Slip
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Maiden Name >> M Words
Maiden Name, definition of term: Maiden Name
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Pink Eye >> P Words
Pink Eye, definition of term: Pink Eye
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Yellowish Pink >> Y Words
Yellowish Pink, definition of term: Yellowish Pink
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Iron Maiden >> I Words
Iron Maiden, definition of term: Iron Maiden
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