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Definition of Japanese pink
1. Noun. A flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-edged petals.
Generic synonyms: China Pink, Dianthus Chinensis, Rainbow Pink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Pink
Literary usage of Japanese pink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"Tippecanoe.—Japanese Incurved. Terra cotta, with lighter reverse ; a fine exhibition
flower. Violet King. — Japanese. Pink shaded violet. W. Matthews. ..."
2. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1896)
"Japanese. Pink shaded violet. W. Matthews. —-This must be the same as Governor
Matthews. Pale pink, turning to white. VIOLETS. It is always the object of ..."
3. The Chrysanthemum, Its History, Culture, Classification, and Nomenclature by Frederick William Thomas Burbidge (1885)
"... was a beautifully fringed white flower, and invaluable for bouquets, having
the appearance of a Japanese pink rather than of a Chrysanthemum. ..."
4. The Green-house Companion: Comprising a General Course of Green-house and by John Claudius Loudon (1825)
"DIANTHUS japonicus, Japanese pink, an evergreen frame perennial, a native of
China, introduced in 1804, and flowering from June to October. ..."
5. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"There are several beautiful plants grown in gardens as Pinks of different kinds,
such as the Indian Pink (Dianthus chinensis), the Japanese pink (Dianthus ..."
6. The Green-house Companion: Comprising a General Course of Green-house and by John Claudius Loudon (1825)
"... Japanese pink, an evergreen frame perennial, a native of China, introduced in
1804, and flowering from June to October. D. carolinianus, Carolina Pink, ..."
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