Definition of Dianthus deltoides

1. Noun. Low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single pale pink flower with a crimson center.

Exact synonyms: Maiden Pink
Generic synonyms: Garden Pink, Pink

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dianthus Deltoides

Diana monkey
Diana monkeys
Dianamania
Diane
Diane de Poitiers
Dianetics
Diangus gratianopolitanus
Diann
Dianna
Dianne
Dianthus
Dianthus barbatus
Dianthus caryophyllus
Dianthus chinensis
Dianthus chinensis heddewigii
Dianthus deltoides (current term)
Dianthus latifolius
Dianthus plumarius
Dianthus supurbus
Diapensiaceae
Diapensiales
Diapheromera femorata
Diapsida
Diaptomus
Dias
Diaspididae
Diaspora
Diatomophyceae
Diaz
Dibothriocephalus

Literary usage of Dianthus deltoides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"It is fine for growing in large masses in rockeries. FIG. 133.—MAIDEN PINK (DIANTHUS DELTOIDES). Rock Tunica, Tunica saxifraga. ..."

2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The seeds of the plant so like Dianthus deltoides were again sown in soil without lime, but the resulting plants no longer resembled this species; ..."

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