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Definition of sea pink

1 : thrift sense 5
2 : marsh pink

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Recent Examples on the Web The downstairs rooms, with their big glass windows that face, variously, the scruffy lawn, citrus trees, sea pink flowers or Mr. Measer’s vegetable patch, impart a trompe l’oeil nature effect, too. — New York Times, 4 May 2021

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First Known Use of sea pink

1731, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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“Sea pink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20pink. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.

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