wild pink

noun

: catchfly (Silene caroliniana) with pink or whitish flowers

Examples of wild pink in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So keep your LBDs, but next time, consider a wild pink pump instead of a classic black ballet flat. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Ruggerone said that the big increase in the hatchery salmon, along with surging numbers of wild pink salmon in a warming ocean, have intensified competition for food in the North Pacific. — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022

My favorite kinds are brilliant orange Asclepias tuberosa and wild pink Asclepias syriaca, which spreads underground into colonies in my sunny shrub border. — BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2021

For every one wild pink bollworm, Tabashnik said researchers needed to release 200 sterile moths, which would not have been logistically practical unless the pink bollworm population hadn't already been diminished. — Amanda Morris, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021

The brand’s first product, lightly smoked wild pink salmon, is a family favorite. — Elizabeth G. Dunn, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wild pink

• bethink
• downlink
• groupthink
• hoodwink
• rethink
• uplink
• blink
• brink
• chink
• cinque
• clink
• dink