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GROUND PINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ground pink mean? 

GROUND PINK (noun)
  The noun GROUND PINK has 1 sense:

1. low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowersplay

  Familiarity information: GROUND PINK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GROUND PINK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fringed pink; ground pink; Linanthus dianthiflorus; moss pink

Hypernyms ("ground pink" is a kind of...):

phlox (any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers)

Holonyms ("ground pink" is a member of...):

genus Linanthus; Linanthus (a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States)


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