carnation

Meanings

Noun

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

Adjective

• Of a rosy pink or red colour.
• Of a human flesh color.

Related

Similar words

• clove pink (also called gillyflower), Dianthus caryophyllus
• cottage pink, Dianthus plumarius (species)

Origin

• From Middle French carnation ("person's color or complexion").