Carnation
[kɑː'neɪʃ(ə)n] or [kɑr'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a pink or reddish-pink color.
(noun.) Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors.
(adj.) pink or pinkish .
Checker: Valerie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.
(n.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.
(n.) A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.
Edited by Della
Definition
n. flesh-colour: one of the finest of florists' flowers a double-flowering variety of the clove pink and existing only in a state of cultivation.—adj. Carnā′tioned having a flesh-like colour.
Typed by Eddie
Examples
- She told many a good story about Miss Crawley's illness in after days--stories which made the lady blush through her artificial carnations. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I had sent her a few carnations from Skuytercliff, and I was astonished. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Typist: Nelly