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Meanings of clove pink in English
Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors.
Usage of clove pink in English
1
The clove pink was the ancestor of all the carnations.
2
Must have something worrying him: he used to look as fresh as a clove pink.
3
Grace is a bluebell, Anne is a dear little clove pink, Nora is a whole bunch of violets and Jessica looks like a white narcissus.
4
An empty camphor vial on Richard's desk had always a clove pink, or a pansy, or a rose, stuck into it, according to the season.
5
Clove pinks like your ma used to raise.
6
Out of the doorway fluttered a brilliant vision, all blue and white like the great butterflies hovering over the clove pinks.
7
We could have ordered American Beauties from New York every day for what our hollyhocks and clove pinks and common annuals cost us.
8
"Mistress Betty, I salute you," said Geoffrey Yorke, bowing low, "and may I also beg your acceptance of a bunch of clove pinks?