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ROCK PINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rock pink mean? 

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

1. pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United Statesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ROCK PINK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rock pink; Talinum calycinum

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

flame-flower; flame flower; flameflower; Talinum aurantiacum (plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots)

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

genus Talinum; Talinum (genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs)


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