Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
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
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