carnation
- Noun. (qualifier, botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
- Noun. The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
- Noun. A rosy pink colour.
- Noun. (archaic) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh.
- Noun. Sometimes, a scarlet colour.
- Adjective. Of a rosy pink or red colour, like human flesh.
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