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MULLEIN PINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mullein pink mean? 

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

1. an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MULLEIN PINK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dusty miller; gardener's delight; Lychnis coronaria; mullein pink; rose campion

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

catchfly; lychnis (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)


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