noun
1. an orchid
• Syn: ↑Calopogon pulchellum, ↑Calopogon tuberosum
• Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Calopogon, ↑genus Calopogon
2. European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers
• Syn: ↑cottage pink, ↑Dianthus plumarius
• Hypernyms: ↑pink, ↑garden pink
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noun1. : a European pink (Dianthus plumarius) that is often cultivated for its very fragrant usually pink or rosy flowers
2. : deptford pink
3. : an orchid of the genus Calopogon (especially C. pulchellus)
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1. a pink, Dianthus plumarius, of Europe and Asia, having fragrant, fringed pink, purplish, or white flowers.
2. an orchid, Calopogon tuberosus, having clusters of rose or purplish-pink flowers, growing in bogs of eastern North America.
[1810-20, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.