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Carnation

Carnation Meaning & Definition
Carnation Definition And Meaning

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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