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Wild pink

noun

A bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada. Synonyms: Arethusa bulbosa, bog rose, dragon's mouth.

Perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters. Synonym: Silene caroliniana.

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"Wild pink" Quotes from Famous Books

... our mules, we pitched the tents upon a pretty green common with a row of trees; the verdure consisted of wild clover, and leaves remaining of wild flowers—chiefly of the wild pink. It is an Arab proverb that "Green is ...

— Byeways in Palestine • James Finn

... and a half hours longer was through a luxuriant vegetation of flowers, grasses, and weeds, which grew more and more scanty as we advanced. Prominent among the specimens were the wild pink, poppy, and rose. One small fragrant herb, that was the most abundant of all, we were told was used by the Kurds for making tea. All these filled the evening air with perfume as we trudged along, passing now and then a Kurdish lad, with his flock of sheep and goats feeding ...

— Across Asia on a Bicycle • Thomas Gaskell Allen and William Lewis Sachtleben

... Susans with outdoor ferns, bowers of snowy dogwood in season and the fluffy wild pink azalea are very decorative, and so are the spring and early summer shrubs: syringa, deutzia, flowering almond ...

— Entertaining Made Easy • Emily Rose Burt

Words linked to "Wild pink" : genus Silene, arethusa, catchfly, Arethusa bulbosa, campion, Silene caroliniana, genus Arethusa, bog rose, dragon's mouth, silene