carnation

car·na·tion

C0117800 (kär-nā′shən)n.1. a. Any of numerous cultivated forms of a perennial plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) having showy, variously colored, usually double, often fragrant flowers with fringed petals.b. A flower of this plant. Also called clove pink.2. A pinkish tint once used in painting.

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[From obsolete French, flesh-colored, from Old French (from Old Italian carnagione, skin, complexion, from carne, flesh) or from Late Latin carnātiō, carnātiōn-, flesh, both from Latin carō, carn-; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]

carnation

(kɑːˈneɪʃən) n1. (Plants) Also called: clove pink a Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant, Dianthus caryophyllus, cultivated in many varieties for its white, pink, or red flowers, which have a fragrant scent of cloves2. (Plants) the flower of this plant3. (Colours) a. a pink or reddish-pink colourb. (as adjective): a carnation dress. 4. (Art Terms) (often plural) a flesh tint in painting[C16: from French: flesh colour, from Late Latin carnātiō fleshiness, from Latin carō flesh]

car•na•tion

(kɑrˈneɪ ʃən)

n. 1. any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked fragrant usu. double flowers in many colors. 2. pink; light red. 3. Obs. the color of flesh. [1525–35; < Late Latin carnātiō corpulence < Latin carn- flesh]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	carnation - Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colorsclove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, gillyflowergarden pink, pink - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
	2.	carnation - a pink or reddish-pink colorpink - a light shade of red
Adj.	1.	carnation - pink or pinkishchromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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