When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dianthus caryophyllus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus_caryophyllus

    In Portugal, bright red carnations were used when in 1974 the authoritarian Estado Novo regime was overthrown; therefore, this transition (brought about by a combination of a coup d'état with civil resistance) is known as the Carnation Revolution. Light red carnations represent admiration, while dark red denote deep love and affection.

  3. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_with_symbolism

    Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.

  4. List of national flowers - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_flowers

    While white carnation represents happiness and celebration, red carnation has a more diverse meaning in Slovenian culture. First meaning comes from French and Russian revolutionaries and symbolises revolution and workers. Red carnations also symbolise love and courtship.

  5. If You See a Cardinal, Here's the True, Unexpected ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/see-cardinal-heres-true-unexpected...

    2 Red Cardinals: Spiritual Meaning. Life gets quite interesting when you are being visited by two red Cardinals. The spiritual meaning behind seeing two of them is that you should take a closer ...

  6. Following tradition, volunteers place red and white ...

    www.aol.com/news/following-tradition-volunteers...

    The red carnations symbolize the blood soldiers shed; the white ones represent the “peace" they have achieved. “It’s a lot of work, but at the end of the day, it’s all worth it,” said ...

  7. Plants in Christian iconography - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants_in_Christian...

    Victory of life over death, thus a plant assigned to Christ, furthermore a symbol of humility, the Holy Spirit and the Holy Trinity: The name "columbine" comes from the Latin for "dove", due to the resemblance of the inverted flower to five doves clustered together. [4] [3] Daisy: Innocence, beauty, salvation, modesty, purity and love ...

  8. Dianthus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus

    Dianthus (/ d aɪ ˈ æ n θ ə s / dy-AN-thəs) [1] is a genus of about 340 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species in north Africa and in southern Africa, and one species (D. repens) in arctic North America.

  9. Gilliflower - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilliflower

    A gilliflower or gillyflower (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ l i ˌ f l aʊ. ər /) [1] is the carnation or a similar plant of the genus Dianthus, especially the Clove Pink Dianthus caryophyllus. [2] Its botanical name is Matthiola incana, also known as stock. [3] The same name also describes other plants, such as the wallflower, which have fragrant flowers.