CARNATION

carnation

(adjective) pink or pinkish

carnation

(noun) a pink or reddish-pink color

carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

carnation (countable and uncountable, plural carnations)

(botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.

originally, Dianthus caryophyllus

other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids

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

A rosy pink colour

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

A scarlet colour.

Synonyms

• (plant, flower): clove pink (also called gillyflower), (ancestor of the carnation) Dianthus caryophyllus

• (plant, flower): cottage pink, Dianthus plumarius

Adjective

carnation (not comparable)

Of a rosy pink or red colour.

(archaic) Of a human flesh color.

Anagrams

• Cantorian, Carnotian

Source: Wiktionary

Car*na"tion, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.)

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition