moss pink

Questions about moss pink

What does moss pink mean?

moss pink means "low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for moss pink?

Close synonyms include ground pink, fringed pink, Linanthus dianthiflorus, mountain phlox, moss phlox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is moss pink a common word?

moss pink is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.