Meanings
plural clove pinks · alternative clovepink
- A plant with clove-scented flowers, Dianthus caryophyllus, formerly used as a flavoring and for fragrance. The ancestor of the carnation.
...while the bed of the rich crimson clove pink was like one of the spice islands, the very Manilla of the garden.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 8Synonyms: gillyflower
- The flower of this plant.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant with clove-scented flowers, Dianthus caryophyllus, formerly used as a flavoring and for fragrance. The ancestor of the carnation.
More synonyms by meaning
nounEurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From clove (“spice”) + pink (“flower”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
clove pink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clove%20pink
“clove pink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clove%20pink. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clove pink,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clove%20pink.
Source: clove pink on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.