单词 | indian pink |
释义 | Indian pinkn. 1. A perennial flowering pink, Dianthus chinensis; = China-pink n. at China n.1 3e. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pinks or carnations gillyflower1517 carnation1538 clove gillyflower1538 incarnation1538 William1538 pink1566 John1572 Indian eye1573 sops-in-wine1573 sweet John1573 sweet-william1573 tuft gillyflower1573 Colmenier1578 small honesty1578 tol-me-neer1578 London tuft1597 maidenly pink1597 mountain pink1597 clove-carnation1605 musk-gillyflower1607 London pride1629 pride of London1629 maiden pink1650 Indian pink1664 Spanish pink1664 pheasant's eye pink1718 flake1727 flame1727 picotee1727 old man's head1731 painted lady1731 piquet1731 China-pink1736 clove1746 wild pink1753 lime-wort1777 matted thrift1792 clove-pink1837 Cheddar Pink1843 Dianthus1849 bunch pink1857 perpetual-flowering carnation1861 cliff pink1863 meadow pink1866 musk carnation1866 Jack1873 wax-pink1891 Malmaison1892 grenadin1904 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 75 in Sylva Indian Pinks, Æthiopic Apples. 1722 T. Fairchild City Gardener 31 These Indian-Pinks, indeed, do not only blossom the first Year, but will remain good in the Country two or three Years. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 287 Exotick Seeds..as the little Blue, the China or Indian Pink. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VI. 9/1 The Chinensis, Chinese, or Indian pink. 1831 E. Kent Flora Domestica (new ed.) 230 The Indian Pink is generally considered as an annual plant, and therefore the roots are not often preserved. 1986 Garden Hist. 14 16 Other plants of special interest include the narrow and broad leaved forms of ‘Indian pink’ (Dianthus chinensis). 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 82 Chinese, Japanese, Indian or Rainbow Pink. A most attractive and free-flowering plant bearing beautiful, scented flowers during summer. 2. North American. The pinkroot, Spigelia marilandica (family Loganiaceae), found in moist woodland areas of the south-eastern United States, having red tubular flowers and a root which was formerly used as an anthelmintic. ΚΠ 1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. 78 The Indian Pink. This Plant rises usually with four or five Stalks, of about twelve or fourteen Inches in Height. 1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Plants N. Amer. in tr. J. B. Bossu Trav. Louisiana II. 24 Spigelia marilandica... Indian pink, its decoction good against worms. 1780 F. Home Clin. Exper. 422 The Spigelia Marylandica, or Indian Pink..was discovered, about the year 1740, to the Europeans, by the Indians, as a vermifuge medicine. 1825 W. T. Brande Man. Pharmacy 166 The Root of the Spigelia Marilandica, or Indian Pink.—In doses of from twenty to sixty grains, the powder of this root has been administered as an anthelmintic. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. at Spigelia The Pink-root, Worm-grass, or Indian-pink of the shops is the produce of S. marilandica. 1950 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 2 June A beautiful May and June blooming red flowering herb, Indian Pink..or Pink-Root is found all over our shady hillsides. 2003 C. Harstad Got Shade? xi. 295 Few plants in my garden attract as much attention as Indian Pink, a medium-sized summer spectacular. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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