carnation
Plural: carnations
Noun
- Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
- a pink or reddish-pink color
- A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
- originally, Dianthus caryophyllus
- A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
- other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids
- 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 Satellite
- pink or pinkish
Adj
- Of a rosy pink or red colour.
- Of a human flesh color.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French carnation (“person's color or complexion”).
Synonyms
clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, gillyflower, Dianthus plumarius, cottage pink
Scrabble Score: 11
carnation: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcarnation: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carnation: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
carnation: valid Words With Friends Word