carnation
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ʃən 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; < Late Latin carnātiōn- (stem of carnātiō) fleshlikeness, hence flesh-color, equivalent to Latin carn- (stem of carō) flesh + -ātiōn- -ation
1525–35; < Late Latin carnātiōn- (stem of carnātiō) fleshlikeness, hence flesh-color, equivalent to Latin carn- (stem of carō) flesh + -ātiōn- -ation
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carnation (kɑːˈneɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | the flower of this plant |
| 3. | a. a pink or reddish-pink colour |
| b. (as adjective): a carnation dress | |
| 4. | (often plural) a flesh tint in painting |
| [C16: from French: flesh colour, from Late Latin carnātiō fleshiness, from Latin carō flesh] | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
She used a heavy carnation-scented perfume that turned my stomach.
She had a big funeral and she was laid out in her wedding dress in a white casket surrounded by every carnation in four counties.
Carnation is expected to consume the old bakery, to convert into much-needed indoor seating.
Keep carnation stems in water while you work, removing several at a time to add to the wreath.
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