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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 flowers
Familiarity information: GROUND PINK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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