DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dianthus caryophyllus mean? 

• DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS (noun)
  The noun DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS has 1 sense:

1. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

  Familiarity information: DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

carnation; clove pink; Dianthus caryophyllus; gillyflower

Hypernyms ("Dianthus caryophyllus" is a kind of...):

garden pink; pink (any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the flowers of Dianthus caryophyllus.

(Dianthus caryophyllus Flower Oil, NCI Thesaurus)