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African violet |
any of several related tropical plants, very popular as houseplants, that have fuzzy dark green leaves and bear violet, pink, or white flowers. |
albino |
an animal or human that has a congenital lack of pigmentation resulting in abnormally pale skin and hair and pink eyes, or a plant that similarly lacks pigmentation. |
apricot |
a soft round fruit with fuzzy orange-pink or yellow skin. [1/3 definitions] |
arbutus |
an evergreen tree or shrub of the heath family having broad dark green leaves and bearing clusters of pink or white flowers and small strawberrylike fruit. [2 definitions] |
aster |
any of a large family of plants whose white, pink, blue, or purple flowers consist of numerous narrow petals around a yellow center. |
astilbe |
any plant of the genus Astilbe, having small red, white, or pink flowers. |
baby's-breath |
a plant of the pink family that has small delicate white or pink flowers that grow in branching clusters. |
bindweed |
any of several related twining or vinelike plants that bear pink or white trumpet-shaped flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
bitterroot |
a plant found in western North America that bears showy pink or white flowers and has a fleshy edible root. |
bleeding heart |
any of several flowering plants, esp. a common garden variety with drooping red or deep pink, heart-shaped flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
blush |
to show pink or red color. [2/7 definitions] |
blush wine |
any of certain dry, slightly pink wines made from red-wine grapes. |
bugle2 |
any of several plants of the mint family, bearing small white, blue, or pink flowers. |
campion |
any of various wild plants that bear pink, red, or white flowers. |
Canterbury bells |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a plant of the bellflower family, cultivated for its blue, pink, or white flowers. |
carnation |
any of various flowers related to the pink, with fragrant, fringed flowers of various colors, esp. red, white, and pink. |
chickweed |
a small, scrubby weed of the pink family with small leaves and white flowers. |
clematis |
any of various climbing plants bearing white, pink, red, or purplish flowers. |
coral |
a yellowish red or pink color. [1/6 definitions] |
cornflower |
a garden plant native to Eurasian grasslands, bearing bluish white to purplish or pink flowers; bluebottle; bachelor's button. [1/2 definitions] |
cowberry |
a low creeping evergreen with white or pink flowers and edible, acid red berries. |
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