noun
1. low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers
• Syn: ↑ground pink, ↑moss pink, ↑Linanthus dianthiflorus
• Hypernyms: ↑phlox
• Member Holonyms: ↑Linanthus, ↑genus Linanthus
2. Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins
• Syn: ↑Dianthus supurbus
• Hypernyms: ↑pink, ↑garden pink
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noun1. : any of several pinks with laciniate petals; especially : a Eurasian perennial herb (Dianthus superbus) sometimes cultivated for its showy fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins
2. : a low wiry-stemmed branching herb (Linanthus dianthiflorus) of southern California with fringed pink flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.