car·na·tion (kär-n  sh n)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. [From obsolete French, flesh-colored, from Old French (from Old Italian carnagione, skin, complexion, from carne, flesh) or from Late Latin carn ti , carntin-, flesh, both from Latin car, carn-; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
carnation [kɑːˈneɪʃən]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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 cloves.
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the flower of this plant
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)
a. a pink or reddish-pink colour
b. (as adjective) a carnation dress
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (often plural) a flesh tint in painting
[from French: flesh colour, from Late Latin carnātiō fleshiness, from Latin carō flesh]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  carnation - Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colorsgarden 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 |
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