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Definition of Rock pink
1. Noun. Pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States.
Group relationships: Genus Talinum, Talinum
Generic synonyms: Flame Flower, Flame-flower, Flameflower, Talinum Aurantiacum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Pink
Literary usage of Rock pink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... [County Reports and Maps]: Raleigh County and the Western Portions of by West Virginia Geological Survey, Charles E. Krebs, D. D. Teets, William Armstrong Price, W. J. Latimer (1916)
"... shells and slate 33 0 2013 0 Slate and shells 50 0 2063 0 Rock, pink, and
shells 115 0 2178 0 Red rock and shells 60 0 2228 0 Slate 20 0 2248 0 Pink ..."
2. Rock Gardening for Amateurs by Harry Higgott Thomas (1914)
"This rock Pink forms a mass of grass-like leaves, and produces a wealth of small
white flowers on stems about six inches long. A useful and pretty Pink, ..."
3. Hardy Flowers: Descriptions of Upwards of Thirteen Hundred of the Most by William Robinson (1878)
"... petrous (rock pink).— Forms compact tufts, in poor soil, little more than 1 in.
high; flower- stems about 6 in. high. Flowers, in summer; fine rose, ..."
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