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Definition of Dianthus
1. Noun. Carnations and pinks.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Carnation Family, Caryophyllaceae, Family Caryophyllaceae, Pink Family
Member holonyms: Garden Pink, Pink
Definition of Dianthus
1. n. A genus of plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William.
Definition of Dianthus
1. Noun. (botany) A genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family ''Caryophyllaceae'', including carnations, pinks, and sweet william. ¹
2. Noun. Any plant, such as carnations and pinks, of the genus ''Dianthus'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dianthus
1. an ornamental herb [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Dianthus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dianthus
Literary usage of Dianthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"dianthus integer seems to be very uncertain. ... dianthus squarrosus and dianthus
svb- ... Where, exactly, dianthus petraeus conies, ..."
2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1807)
"dianthus deltoides. Maiden Pink. ... dianthus deltoides. Lim. Sp. Pl . 588. Hudf.
Fl. An. i84. ... That variety is the true dianthus glaucus of ..."
3. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"Then there is the sweet-william of the gardens of earlier days, dianthus barbatus,
with deep crimson flowers, and a height of one to two feet. ..."
4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1805)
"Specific Character and Synonyms, dianthus ... affinity with and appears to be
intermediate between dianthus collinus (Plant, rar. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"The author stated that Actinia dianthus, the Plumose Sea Anemone of Dalyell, was
found on the shores of the Firth of Forth, generally on rocks which were ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"The author stated that Actinia dianthus, the Plumose Sea Anemone of Dalyell, was
found on the shores of the Firth of Forth, generally on rocks which were ..."
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