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car⋅na⋅tion

[kahr-ney-shuh

–noun

1.	any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio.

2.	pink; light red.

3.	Obsolete. the color of flesh.

–adjective

4.	having the color carnation.

Origin:
1525–35; < LL carnātiōn- (s. of carnātiō) fleshlikeness, hence flesh-color, equiv. to L carn- (s. of carō) flesh + -ātiōn- -ation

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car·na·tion (kär-nā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. Any of numerous cultivated forms of a perennial plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) having showy, variously colored, usually double, often fragrant flowers with fringed petals.
2. A flower of this plant. Also called clove pink.
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 carnātiō, carnātiōn-, flesh, both from Latin carō, carn-; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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carnation

1538, either a corruption of coronation (q.v.) from the flower's being used in chaplets or from the toothed crown-like look of the petals; or for its pinkness from M.Fr. carnation "person's color or complexion," probably from It. carnagione "flesh color," from L.L. carnationem (nom. carnatio) "fleshiness," from L. caro "flesh."

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carnation
adjective
1.	pink or pinkish
noun
1.	Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
2.	a pink or reddish-pink color

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Carnation, WA (city, FIPS 10215)
Location: (47.648234, -121.908630)
Population (2000): 1,893 (650 housing units)
Area: 1.095255 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 98014

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Carnation

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.