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wild pink

A perennial herb (Silene caroliniana) native to the eastern United States, having pink or white flowers, opposite leaves, and glandular, hairy flower clusters.

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Noun	1.	wild pink - a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada Arethusa bulbosa, bog rose, dragon's mouth genus Arethusa - genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan arethusa - any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers
	2.	wild pink - perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters Silene caroliniana genus Silene - large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly campion, catchfly, silene - any plant of the genus Silene

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