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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Â© A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

pink See DIANTHUS.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

pink2 species of Dianthus; fig. finest ‘flower’, embodied excellence of XVI; adj. of a pale red colour XVIII; hence sb. pink colour XIX. perh. short for †pink eye (see PINK-EYED).

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T. F. HOAD. "pink." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 16 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Â© The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

pink1 a plant with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers and slender, typically grey-green leaves. The name may be short for pink eye, literally ‘small or half-shut eye’; compare with the synonymous French word oeillet, literally ‘little eye’.

In figurative usage, pink denotes the finest example of excellence, as in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, ‘I am the very pink of courtesy’; from this developed in the pink of condition to denote the best possible state of health and spirits.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "pink." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Oxford University Press. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 16 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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