fire pink

noun

1. a plant, Silene virginica, of the pink family, having loose clusters of brilliant scarlet flowers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fire pink¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

Flowers 2 cm. wide or more, crimson Fire Pink, Silene virginica. 27a.

From Project Gutenberg

Apart, in separate compartments, were spread out chaplets of pearls of the greatest beauty, which reflected the electric light in little sparks of fire; pink pearls, torn from the pinna-marina of the Red Sea; green pearls of the haliotyde iris; yellow, blue and black pearls, the curious productions of the divers molluscs of every ocean, and certain mussels of the water-courses of the North; lastly, several specimens of inestimable value which had been gathered from the rarest pintadines.

From Project Gutenberg