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Webster 1913 Edition
Carnation
Car-na′tion
,Noun.
[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
(Dianthus Caryophyllus
) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. Webster 1828 Edition
Carnation
CARNATION
,Noun.
1.
Flesh color; the parts of a picture which are naked, or without drapery, exhibiting the natural color of the flesh.2.
A genus of plants, Dianthus, so named from the color of the flower. Among these are the clove-gilliflower, sweet-william, Indian pink, &c.Definition 2024
carnation
carnation
English
A carnation cultivar
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
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carnation colour:
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- (archaic) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh
- Sometimes, a scarlet colour.
Synonyms
- (plant, flower): clove pink (also called gillyflower), (ancestor of the carnation) Dianthus caryophyllus
- (plant, flower): cottage pink, Dianthus plumarius
Related terms
Translations
plant
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flower
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rosy pink colour
Adjective
carnation (not comparable)
Translations
colour
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
- gypsophila
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French, possibly from Italian carnagione "flesh color", anyway from Late Latin carnatio "fleshiness", (from Latin caro "flesh") or a corruption of coronation (from coronare 'to crown', from corona 'crown') because of the flower's use in chaplets or from the toothed crown-like look of the petals.
Noun
carnation f (countable and uncountable, plural carnations)