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sea pink

noun

  1. another name for thrift
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Coming to the rocky places, we find tufts of the flower known as Sea Pink or Thrift.

About it grow great tufts of sea-pink, whose flowers, save here and there a belated bloom or two, have long since gone to seed.

The caterpillar feeds on the roots of thrift or sea-pink (Armeria vulgaris), and is full grown about June.

The springy tufts of sea-pink which cover the island offer more resistance and a firmer foothold than the sandy earth.

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