Found 2 items, similar to Maiden pink.
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Definition: maiden pink
maiden pink
n : low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with single
crimson-eyed pale pink flowers [syn:
Dianthus deltoides]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Maiden pink
Pink
\Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
petals were picked out. Cf.
Pink, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
caryophyllaceous genus
Dianthus, and to their flowers,
which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
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2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
with more or less white; -- so called from the common
color of the flower. --Dryden.
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3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
of something.
“The very pink of courtesy.” --Shak.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the
color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
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Bunch pink is
Dianthus barbatus.
China pink, or
Indian pink. See under
China.
Clove pink is
Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which
carnations are derived.
Garden pink. See
Pheasant's eye.
Meadow pink is applied to
Dianthus deltoides; also, to
the ragged robin.
Maiden pink,
Dianthus deltoides.
Moss pink. See under
Moss.
Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
tapering points of the carpels. See
Alfilaria.
Sea pink. See
Thrift.
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Maiden
\Maid"en\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to,
or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
“Amid the maiden throng.” --Addison.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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2. Never having been married; not having had sexual
intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but
sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
“A surprising
old maiden lady.” --Thackeray.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
“Maiden flowers.” --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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Maiden assize (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no
criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with
blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to
present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --Smart.
Maiden name, the surname of a woman before her marriage.
Maiden pink. (Bot.) See under
Pink.
Maiden plum (Bot.), a West Indian tree (
Comocladia integrifolia
) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree
is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain.
Maiden speech, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a
new member in a public body.
Maiden tower, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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