Dianthus, genus Dianthus

carnations and pinks

• caryophylloid dicot genus — genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers

• pink, garden pink — any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

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