sea-pink
[pink n.4]
a. The plant Thrift, Armeria maritima. † b. Cerastium repens.
| 1731 Miller Gard. Dict., Statice; Thrift or Sea Pink. 1759, etc. [see pink n.4 1 b]. 1850 Allingham Poems, Before Breakf. ii, Now the cliff spreads its cheerful adorning Of matted sea-pink under foot. 1897 ‘Allen Raine’ Welsh Singer viii. 68 Flinging himself on the sea-pinks. |