a showy pink

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• pink|root — «PIHNGK ROOT, RUT», noun. 1. the root of any of a group of herbs, especially a variety of the southern United States with showy red and yellow, funnel shaped flowers, used as a vermifuge. 2. any one of these plants …   Useful english dictionary

• pink — pink1 pinkness, n. /pingk/, n., adj., pinker, pinkest. n. 1. a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple. 2. any of several plants of the genus Dianthus, as the clove pink or carnation. Cf. pink family. 3. the flower of such a… …   Universalium

• showy lady's-slipper — noun pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip • Syn: ↑common lady s slipper, ↑showy lady slipper, ↑Cypripedium reginae, ↑Cypripedium album • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• showy orchis — noun North American orchid having a spike of violet purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood • Syn: ↑purple orchis, ↑purple hooded orchis, ↑Orchis spectabilis • Hypernyms: ↑orchis * * * noun : a No. American orchid ( …   Useful english dictionary

• pink family — the plant family Caryophyllaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite leaves, usually swollen jointed stems, flowers with petals notched at the tips, and fruit generally in the form of a many seeded capsule, and including baby s… …   Universalium

• pink bells — /pɪŋk ˈbɛlz/ (say pingk belz) plural noun (construed as singular) a showy, heath like shrub, with rosy pink to magenta flowers, Tetratheca ciliata, native to Tasmania, SA and Victoria; pink eye …  

• showy orchis — a wild orchid, Orchis spectabilis, of eastern North America, having a spike of showy flowers, each with purple, pink, or white sepals and petals united into a galea and a white lip. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

• showy daisy — noun plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains • Syn: ↑Erigeron speciosus • Hypernyms: ↑fleabane …   Useful english dictionary

• showy lady slipper — noun pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip • Syn: ↑common lady s slipper, ↑showy lady s slipper, ↑Cypripedium reginae, ↑Cypripedium album • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• pink pinkish — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pink cockatoo — noun white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage • Syn: ↑Kakatoe leadbeateri • Hypernyms: ↑cockatoo * * * noun : a white Australian cockatoo (Kakatoe leadbeateri) with the plumage flushed roseate and a large showy barred crest * * *… …   Useful english dictionary