ragged robin
a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
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How to use ragged robin in a sentence
The pink lychnis or ragged robin grows among the grasses; the iris flowers higher on the shore.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesHawthorn was dropping from the hedges; penny daisies and ragged robin were in the field, like laughter.
Sons and Lovers | David Herbert LawrencePaul came back and threaded daisies in her jet-black hair—big spangles of white and yellow, and just a pink touch of ragged robin.
Sons and Lovers | David Herbert LawrencePresently, he heard her low-voiced song as she came through the orange grove beyond the ragged robin hedge.
The Eyes of the World | Harold Bell WrightNo yellowing spray of goldenrod, no blue-eyed ragged-robin, but symbolized the blessings of which he had been cheated.
The Side Of The Angels | Basil King
British Dictionary definitions for ragged robin
a caryophyllaceous plant, Lychnis floscuculi, native to Europe and Asia, that has pink or white flowers with ragged petals: Also called: cuckooflower See also catchfly
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