dianthus : Idioms & Phrases


dianthus barbatus

  • noun Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers
    sweet William.
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dianthus caryophyllus

  • noun Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
    gillyflower; clove pink; carnation.
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dianthus chinensis

  • noun Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annual
    rainbow pink; china pink.
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dianthus chinensis heddewigii

  • noun a flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-edged petals
    Japanese pink.
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dianthus deltoides

  • noun low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single pale pink flower with a crimson center
    maiden pink.
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dianthus latifolius

  • noun much-branched pink with flowers in clusters; closely related to sweet William
    button pink.
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dianthus plumarius

  • noun European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers
    cottage pink; grass pink.
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dianthus supurbus

  • noun Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins
    fringed pink.
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genus dianthus

  • noun carnations and pinks
    Dianthus.
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