carnation

car·na·tion  (kär-nshn)

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 carnti, carntin-, flesh, both from Latin car, carn-; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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carnation

Noun

a cultivated plant with clove-scented white, pink, or red flowers [Latin caro flesh]

Thesaurus

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

Translations

carnation [kɑːˈneɪʃən] n → clavel m

carnation [kɑːˈneɪʃən] n → œillet m

carnation [kɑːˈneɪʃən] n → Nelke f

carnation [kɑːˈneɪʃən] n → garofano