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/kɑrnˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Carnation n.

The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. "Her complexion of the delicate carnation."

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."

(Bot.) A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Carnation" Quotes from Famous Books

... perhaps his evident sincerity in seeking for information accounted for this; perhaps the fact that he was famous, and that nearly everybody in the country knew him by sight. Perhaps it is impossible for a little gentleman of eighty, very smartly dressed, with a carnation in his buttonhole, to be impertinent. And then he took such immense and childish pleasure in the answers that he got, and sometimes wrote them down in his note-book, with ...

— The Spread Eagle and Other Stories • Gouverneur Morris

... Babe before his birth Had burial, yet not laid in earth, And the languisht Mothers Womb Was not long a living Tomb. So have I seen som tender slip Sav'd with care from Winters nip, The pride of her carnation train, Pluck't up by som unheedy swain, Who onely thought to crop the flowr New shot up from vernall showr; 40 But the fair blossom hangs the head Side-ways as on a dying bed, And those Pearls of dew she wears, Prove to be presaging tears Which the sad morn had let fall On her hast'ning funerall. ...

— The Poetical Works of John Milton • John Milton

... carnation of Lady Thomson's cheek paled. In her calm, rapid way she at once found the explanation of Milly's unhealthy, depressed appearance and manner. Poor Mildred Stewart was insane. Beyond the paling of her cheek, however, ...

— The Invader - A Novel • Margaret L. Woods

... ungratefully. He fussed at the carnation in his buttonhole, picked up his doggy walking stick, glanced over his carefully pressed trousers and light coloured spats, strolled across to the mirror, and leisurely ...

— The Gay Rebellion • Robert W. Chambers

... great oath under his breath. He made a step forward, but then his glance falling on Eustacie's face, which had flushed to the rosiest hue of the carnation, he put his finger upon his lip with a menacing air, and then advanced to greet his ...

— The Chaplet of Pearls • Charlotte M. Yonge

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