カワラナデシコ

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Meanings

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large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus)

usually written using kana alone

A flowering plant native to Japan, a variety of fringed pink. Often written in katakana as カワラナデシコ.

See also: ナデシコ

カワラナデシコは秋あきの七なな草くさの一ひとつです。
The large pink is one of the seven autumn flowers.
河原かわらでカワラナデシコが咲さいていた。
Large pinks were blooming by the riverbank.