carnation
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.
pink; light red.
Obsolete. the color of flesh.
having the color carnation.
Origin of carnation
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How to use carnation in a sentence
Xenophyophores growing on the sediment can resemble carnations, roses, or lattices, and like corals in shallow water, their bodies create a unique habitat in the deep sea.
He purchased dozens of carnations in a variety of bright colors and paid for them with money he earned from dog-walking.
After the shooting, a boy gave flowers to workers at King Soopers stores near the attack | Sydney Page | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostMost of the Mothers of Srebrenica have no living relatives to honor and love them on this day, or to bring them the traditional Bosnian Mother’s Day gift of a bunch of red carnations.
Angelina Jolie Talks to Director Jasmila Zbanic About Quo Vadis, Aida? and the Role of Art in Healing Trauma | Angelina Jolie | March 8, 2021 | TimeJustin, a 4-year-old West Highland terrier from Long Island, was having his face hair-sprayed into the shape of a carnation.
Backstage at the 2013 Westminster Dog Show, Won by Banana Joe | Isabel Wilkinson | February 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was carrying himself with less than his usual stoop, he wore a red carnation in his buttonhole.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips Oppenheim
Cannot you see the lovely Adele fastening the carnation to the lapel so that papa may be gay upon the street?
Sixes and Sevens | O. HenryIn Major Ellison's buttonhole there was a carnation and a rosebud backed by a geranium leaf.
Sixes and Sevens | O. HenryWhile I think of it, I'll draw in a little mite of this red into my carnation pink.
The Village Watch-Tower | (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas WigginThe lips too are figured out; but where's the carnation dew, the pouting ripeness that tempts the taste in the original?
The Beaux-Stratagem | George Farquhar
British Dictionary definitions for carnation
/ (kɑːˈneɪʃən) /
Also called: clove pink a Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant, Dianthus caryophyllus, cultivated in many varieties for its white, pink, or red flowers, which have a fragrant scent of cloves
the flower of this plant
a pink or reddish-pink colour
(as adjective): a carnation dress
(often plural) a flesh tint in painting
Origin of carnation
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