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WILD PINK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters
Synonyms:
Silene caroliniana; wild pink
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wild pink" is a kind of...):
campion; catchfly; silene (any plant of the genus Silene)
Holonyms ("wild pink" is a member of...):
genus Silene (large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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; wild pink
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("wild pink" is a kind of...):
arethusa (any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers)
Holonyms ("wild pink" is a member of...):
genus Arethusa (genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan)
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