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[syn: maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers,
which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
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2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
with more or less white; -- so called from the common
color of the flower. --Dryden.
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3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
of something. "The very pink of courtesy." --Shak.
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4. (Zool.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color
of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
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Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.
China pink, or Indian pink. See under China.
Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which
carnations are derived.
Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.
Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to
the ragged robin.
Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.
Moss pink. See under Moss.
Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.
Sea pink. See Thrift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maiden \Maid"en\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to,
or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
"Amid the maiden throng." --Addison.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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2. Never having been married; not having had sexual
intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but
sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. "A surprising old
maiden lady." --Thackeray.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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Maiden assize (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no
criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with
blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to
present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --Smart.
Maiden name, the surname of a woman before her marriage.
Maiden pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.
Maiden plum (Bot.), a West Indian tree (Comocladia
integrifolia) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree
is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain.
Maiden speech, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a
new member in a public body.
Maiden tower, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
maiden pink \maiden pink\ n.
A low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink (Dianthus
deltoides) with single crimson-eyed pale pink flowers.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
maiden pink
n 1: low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single
pale pink flower with a crimson center [syn: maiden pink,
Dianthus deltoides]