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Definitions for carnation
kɑrˈneɪ ʃəncar·na·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllusnoun

    Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

  2. carnationadjective

    a pink or reddish-pink color

  3. carnationadjective

    pink or pinkish

Wiktionary

  1. carnationnoun

    A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.

  2. carnationnoun

    The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.

  3. carnationnoun

    The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh

  4. carnationnoun

    Sometimes, a scarlet colour.

  5. carnationadjective

    Of a rosy pink or red colour, like human flesh.

  6. Etymology: Recorded since 1538, either (for its original color) from Medieval (=modern) French carnation "person's color or complexion" (probably from carnagione "flesh color," from Late carnatio "fleshiness", from Latin caro "flesh") or a corruption of coronation (from coronare 'to crown', from corona 'crown'; because of the flower's use in chaplets or from the toothed crown-like look of the petals).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Carnationnoun

    The name of the natural flesh colour; from whence perhaps the flower is named; the name of a flower. See Clovegilliflower.

    Etymology: carnes, Lat.

    And lo the wretch! whose vile, whose insect lust
    Laid this gay daughter of the spring in dust:
    O punish him! or to th’ Elysian shades
    Dismiss my soul, where no carnation fades. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. carnation

    Dianthus caryophyllus ( dy-AN-thəs KAIR-ee-ə-FIL-əs), commonly known as the carnation or clove pink, is a species of Dianthus. It is likely native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years.

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  1. carnation

    A carnation is a type of perennial flowering plant, formally known as Dianthus caryophyllus, that is native to the Mediterranean region but cultivated worldwide. It is well-known for its bright colors, sweet fragrance, and frilled or feathered petals. Carnation flowers are often used in bouquets and floral decorations and are associated with several symbolic meanings in different cultures.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Carnationnoun

    the natural color of flesh; rosy pink

  2. Carnationnoun

    those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints

  3. Carnationnoun

    a species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent

  4. Etymology: [F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Carnation

    kar-nā′shun, n. flesh-colour: one of the finest of florists' flowers, a double-flowering variety of the clove pink, and existing only in a state of cultivation.—adj. Carnā′tioned, having a flesh-like colour. [L. carnatio, fleshiness.]

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Anagrams for carnation »

  1. Cantorian

  2. narcotina

  3. anarcotin

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of carnation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of carnation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of carnation in a Sentence

  1. Rainn Wilson:

    Terry Carnation is the kind of character that introduces these kind of specific, mysterious, supernatural stories, and I had been wanting to do this character and work on this character for a while.

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