Definitions for Dianthus

Dianthus di·an·thus

Spelling: [dahy-an-thuh s]
IPA: /daɪˈæn θəs/

Dianthus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 350 anagrams from letters in Dianthus (adhinstu).

Definitions for Dianthus

noun

  1. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Dianthus, of the pink family, as the carnation or sweet william.

Origin of Dianthus

New Latin (Linnaeus) Greek Di(ós) of Zeus (genitive of Zeús) + ánthos flower

Examples for Dianthus

dianthus barbatus (Sweet William), red, pink, white; one to two feet; June.

So in Saponaria, in dianthus, and other Caryophylleæ, three and four verticils of stamens have been met with.

A similar malformation in dianthus barbatus is not uncommon.

This dianthus has the more interest from its similarity to the one described by Goethe, Metam.

It has lately been introduced into gardens under the name of dianthus "mousseux," but is not likely to find favour with gardeners.

One wild species, the Mountain Pink (dianthus cœsius), it has never been my fortune to gather in its native home.

It may be doubted whether the dianthus superbus of Miller's Dict.

Nearly every form and colour of dianthus are popular favourites, and hardly any garden is without some of them.

The dianthus is a favourite flower for this purpose in Upper Germany.

dianthus, dī-an′thus, n. the genus of herbaceous flowers to which carnations and pinks belong.

Word Value for Dianthus
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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