| NOUN | plant | Dianthus chinensis, china pink, rainbow pink | Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye |
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| Meaning | Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annual. | |
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| Synonyms | china pink, rainbow pink | |
| Narrower | Japanese pink, Dianthus chinensis heddewigii | A flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-edged petals |
| Broader | pink, garden pink | Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers |
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