dianthus

/daɪˈæn.θəs/ (bre, ipa) · /daɪˈæn.θəs/ (ame, ipa) · /dī-ˈan(t)-thəs/ (ame, mw)

dianthus — noun

  • dianthussingular
  • dianthusesplural

1. any small garden plant in the group that includes carnations and pinks, typicall

1.名詞C2
釋義

any small garden plant in the group that includes carnations and pinks, typically grown for its sweet-smelling flowers with notched petals in shades of pink, red, or white

例句

Renata planted a row of pink dianthus along the stone path in her front garden.

noun + name + along + location pattern

The dianthus in Hui's window box bloomed every summer for almost ten years.

subject + verb + time-span describing perennial habit

同義詞
  • pink

    the everyday English name for many smaller dianthus species, especially Dianthus plumarius

  • carnation

    the common name for the larger, long-stemmed florist's dianthus, Dianthus caryophyllus

  • sweet william

    the common name for Dianthus barbatus, with clusters of small flowers

文法句型

a dianthus

dianthus + species name

grow + dianthus

用法筆記

Often used as a count noun referring to the plant ('a dianthus', 'three dianthus'), though some gardeners treat the form as a mass label and pair it with a species or cultivar name (e.g. 'Dianthus barbatus'). The genus includes the common pink and the carnation as its best-known members.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a dianthus tree for the front yard.
✅I bought a dianthus plant for the front yard.
💡dianthus refers to small herbaceous plants, not trees.
❌She picked some dianthuses from the field.
✅She picked some dianthus from the field.
💡the plural is usually the same as the singular in everyday gardening use.