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carnation

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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.

[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.]

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
Noun1.carnationcarnation - Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
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] Nclavel m

carnation [kɑːrˈneɪʃən] nœillet m

carnation
nNelke f

carnation [kɑːˈneɪʃn] ngarofano
carnation [kɑːˈneɪʃn] ngarofano

carnation قرنفل karafiát nellike Nelke γαρύφαλλο clavel neilikka œillet karanfil garofano カーネーション 카네이션 anjer nellik goździk cravo гвоздика nejlika ดอกคาร์เนชั่น karanfil cây cẩm chướng 康乃馨


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The colors that show best by candle-light are white, carnation, and a kind of sea-water-green; and oes, or spangs, as they are of no great cost, so they are of most glory.
But roses only bloom in summer; whereas the fine carnation of their cheeks is perennial as sunlight in the seventh heavens.
Da Souza was gorgeous in frock coat and silk hat, a carnation in his buttonhole, a diamond in his black satin tie, yet he was not altogether happy.
 
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