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Word: carnation (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of a rosy pink or red colour, like human flesh.

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Noun:

  • Archaic The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh
  • A rosy pink colour
  • botany A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
  • Sometimes, a scarlet colour.
  • The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.

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