fringed pink

noun

1

: any of several pinks with laciniate petals

especially : a Eurasian perennial herb (Dianthus superbus) sometimes cultivated for its showy fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins

2

: a low wiry-stemmed branching herb (Linanthus dianthiflorus) of southern California with fringed pink flowers

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