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DIANTHUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Carnations and pinks

Synonyms:

Dianthus; genus Dianthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Dianthus" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Dianthus"):

garden pink; pink (any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers)

Holonyms ("Dianthus" is a member of...):

carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))

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