One would think that since the flower existed before the edge that the edge
would have been named after the flower.
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Not so. There is no reason the term for the edging could not have been applied
to the flower later. After all, the flower is also called Dianthus. If you ask
a gardener, they will say they are also called "cottage pinks" because the edge
resembles a pinked fabric edge... not the color. But the color name does seem
to come from the color the flowers are.... so you may be right. But it does not
necessarily follow.
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