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Noun: moss pink  mós pingk
  1. Low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers
    - ground pink, fringed pink, Linanthus dianthiflorus
     
  2. Low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
    - mountain phlox, moss phlox, dwarf phlox, Phlox subulata

Derived forms: moss pinks

Type of: phlox

Part of: genus Linanthus, Linanthus

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