Definitions for: Carnation

[n] a pink or reddish-pink color
[n] Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
[adj] having the color of a carnation

Webster (1913) Definition: Car*na"tion, n. [F. carnation the flesh tints in a
painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr.
caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.

Her complexion of the delicate carnation. --Ld.
Lytton.

2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human
body or any part of it is represented in full color; the
flesh tints.

The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations.
--Fairholt.

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

Synonyms: chromatic, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, gillyflower

See Also: garden pink, pink, pink

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