Carnation

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of numerous cultivated forms of a perennial plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) having showy, variously colored, usually double, often fragrant flowers with fringed petals.
  • noun. A flower of this plant.
  • noun. A pinkish tint once used in painting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Incarnation.
  • noun. Flesh-color; pink.
  • noun. In painting, the representation of flesh; the nude or undraped parts of a figure.
  • noun. In botany: The common name of the pink Dianthus Caryophyllus, a native of southern Europe, but cultivated from very ancient times for its fragrance and beauty.
  • noun. The Cæsalpinia pulcherrima, the Spanish carnation, a leguminous shrub with very showy flowers, often cultivated in tropical regions. Also formerly, by corruption, coronation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.
  • noun. Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.
  • noun. A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
  • noun. The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
  • noun. A rosy pink colour
  • noun. The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh
  • noun. Sometimes, a scarlet colour.
  • adjective. Of a rosy pink or red colour, like human flesh.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. pink or pinkish
  • noun. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
  • noun. a pink or reddish-pink color
  • Word Usage
    "Regarded as only suitable for sale in bodegas and grocery stores and primarily worn by pimply adolescents on middle-school dates, the carnation is a flower that is almost universally scorned."
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    chromatic  
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    garden pink  pink  
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