Definition of dianthus Dianthus

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What does dianthus mean?

Noun
dianthus - carnations and pinks
		genus Dianthus
		caryophylloid dicot genus genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
		carnation family, caryophyllaceae, family caryophyllaceae, pink family large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)

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dianthus (Noun)
Any plant, such as carnations and pinks, of the genus Dianthus.

dianthus (n.)
A genus of plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William.

dianthus
dī-an′thus, n. the genus of herbaceous flowers to which carnations and pinks belong. [Gr. dianthēs—dis, di-, two, anthos, a flower.]

"Dianthus" is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, found mainly in Europe and Asia, with a few species found south to north Africa, and one species ("D. repens") in Arctic North America. Common names include carnation ("D. caryophyllus"), pink ("D. plumarius" and related species) and sweet william ("D. barbatus"). The name "Dianthus" is from the Greek words "dios" ("god") and "anthos" ("flower"), and was mentioned by the Greek botanist Theophrastus.