Indian pink Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
    Ipomoea quamoclit; star-glory; cypress vine; Quamoclit pennata.
  2. noun North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers
    cardinal flower; Lobelia cardinalis.

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Definitions
  1. . (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine (Ipomoea Quamoclit); so called in the West Indies. (b) See China pink, under China.

Webster 1913