About The Word Carnation
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Carnation
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What's The Definition Of Carnation?
[n] a pink or reddish-pink color
[n] Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors [adj] having the color of a carnation Synonyms | Synonyms for Carnation: chromatic | clove pink | Dianthus caryophyllus | gillyflower Related Terms | Find terms related to Carnation: See Also | garden pink | pink | pink Carnation In Webster's Dictionary \Car*na"tion\, n. [F. carnation the flesh tints in a
painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr.
caro, carnis, flesh. See {Carnal}.]
1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.
Her complexion of the delicate carnation. --Ld.
Lytton.
2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human
body or any part of it is represented in full color; the
flesh tints.
The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations.
--Fairholt.
3. (Bot.) A species of {Dianthus} ({D. Caryophyllus}) or
pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors,
esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.
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