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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•na•tion /kɑrˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya plant having long-stalked, fragrant flowers in a variety of colors.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•na•tion (kär nā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany 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. - [Obs.]the color of flesh.
adj. - having the color carnation.
- Late Latin carnātiōn- (stem of carnātiō) fleshlikeness, hence flesh-color, equivalent. to Latin carn- (stem of carō) flesh + -ātiōn- -ation
- 1525–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: carnation /kɑːˈneɪʃən/ n
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
Etymology: 16th Century: from French: flesh colour, from Late Latin carnātiō fleshiness, from Latin carō flesh |