Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   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.

   3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
      of something. ``The very pink of courtesy.'' --Shak.

   4. (Zo["o]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the
      color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}.

   {China}, 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}.

Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove,
   OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e
   gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf,
   akin to E. foliage. Cf. {Caryophyllus}, {July-flower}.]
   (Bot.)
   1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ({Dianthus
      Caryophyllus}) but now to the common stock ({Matthiola
      incana}), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant
      blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.

   2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red
      color, and having a large core. [Written also
      {gilliflower}.]

   {Clove gillflower}, the clove pink.

   {Marsh gillyflower}, the ragged robin ({Lychnis
      Flos-cuculi}).

   {Queen's, or Winter}, {gillyflower}, damewort.

   {Sea gillyflower}, the thrift ({Armeria vulgaris}).

   {Wall gillyflower}, the wallflower ({Cheiranthus Cheiri}).

   {Water gillyflower}, the water violet.

Source : WordNet®

Dianthus caryophyllus
     n : Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually
         double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and
         many colors [syn: {carnation}, {clove pink}, {gillyflower}]