noun
China pink; Dianthus chinensis
A species of flowering plant in the carnation family, native to northern China, Korea, Mongolia, and southeastern Russia. Often cultivated as an ornamental.
庭にセキチクが咲いている。
China pinks are blooming in the garden.
セキチクはナデシコ科の植物です。
China pink is a plant of the carnation family.
From Chinese 石竹 (shízhú), literally 'stone bamboo'. The Japanese reading せきちく is the on'yomi of the kanji.