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Carnation : adj : having the color of a carnation
(noun)
1: Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually
double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and
many colors [syn: clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus
caryophyllus]
2: a pink or reddish-pink color
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Carnation : \Car*na"tion\, n. [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.
Dianthus_({D._Caryophyllus">3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus ({D. Caryophyllus) or
pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors,
esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Carnation, WA (city, FIPS 10215)
Location: 47.64614 N, 121.90925 W
Population (1990): 1243 (452 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 98014
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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