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Wild Pink

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Noun

1. arethusa bulbosa, bog rose, dragon's mouth, wild pink

a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada

2. silene caroliniana, wild pink

perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wild Pink

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1. 
a. 
any of several catchflies
b.  US
an early flowering catchfly (Silene caroliniana) of the E U.S., having lance-shaped leaves and bright-pink flowers in clusters
2.  US
an arethusa

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wild Pink

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n.
A perennial herb (Silene caroliniana) native to the eastern United States, having opposite leaves, sticky stems and calyces, and clusters of pink or white flowers.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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