button pink

button pink
noun
much-branched pink with flowers in clusters; closely related to sweet William
Hypernyms: ↑pink, ↑garden pink

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noun
: a much-branched pink having flowers in clusters of two to four surrounded by bracts and being considered as a hybrid between the sweet william and the China pink or as a distinct species (Dianthus latifolius)

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