Carnation Definition
kär-nāshən
carnations
noun
carnations
A popular garden and greenhouse plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) of the pink family, usually with white, pink, or red double flowers that smell like cloves.
Webster's New World
The flower of this plant.
Webster's New World
A flesh-colored tint formerly used in painting.
Webster's New World
Moderate to deep red.
Webster's New World
The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of a rosy pink or red colour.
Wiktionary
(archaic) Of a human flesh color.
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Other Word Forms of Carnation
Noun
Singular:
carnation
Plural:
carnationsOrigin of Carnation
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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- sker-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French carnation (“person's color or complexion”).
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