(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:03:27

Di*an"thus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. , gen. , Zeus + flower.] Bot.

A genus of plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William.

 

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