Found 2 items, similar to sea pink.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sea pink sea pink n : tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover [syn: cliff rose , Armeria maritima]
English → English (gcide) Definition: sea pink Thrift \Thrift\ (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See Thrive.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. “Your thrift is gone full clean.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I have a mind presages me such thrift. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant. [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. [1913 Webster] Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink. [1913 Webster] Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]