Akademik

Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

1. : a pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) or any of several varieties developed therefrom having a rich clovelike fragrance — see carnation

2. : a dark red that is yellower, less strong, and slightly darker than cranberry, lighter, stronger, and slightly yellower than average garnet, and bluer, lighter, and stronger than average wine

a pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having a spicy scent resembling that of cloves. Cf. carnation (def. 1).

[1865-70]

clove gillyflower or clove pink noun

A variety of pink, smelling of cloves

Main Entry: ↑clove

clove pink,

a pink with a spicy smell like that of cloves. The carnation is a cultivated variety of clove pink.

n. see clove I (sense 3)