| a pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having a spicy scent resembling that of cloves. Compare carnation (def. 1). |
car·na·tion  (kär-nā'shən)  n.
[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.] |
| clove pink n. See carnation. |