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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A plant (Dianthus barbatus) in the pink family, native to Eurasia, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its flat-topped dense clusters of white, pink, red, or purple flowers.

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