carnation
noun
car·na·tion
kär-ˈnā-shən 
1
: a plant of any of numerous often cultivated and usually double-flowered varieties or subspecies of an Old World pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) found in many color variations
2
: a moderate red
3
archaic
: the variable color of human flesh
Examples of carnation in a Sentence
The groom wore a carnation in his buttonhole.
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For the first time, researchers recently used such a drone to discover and describe a new species of carnation hanging off of towering vertical cliffs in Hawaii.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2024
The collection highlighted a few botanical inspirations, with poppies, carnations and ferns throughout.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 7 Oct. 2024
These are engulfing along with smells coming from dahlias, carnations, gladiolas, poppies and peonies springing from the 12,920-square-foot urban flower farm at the foot of Belleville’s reservoir.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024
The swoops of cucumber tendrils and the zags of carnation leaves are examples of inherent, ubiquitous plant movements called circumnutations – from the Latin circum, meaning circle, and nutare, meaning to nod.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2024
The collection highlighted a few botanical inspirations, with poppies, carnations and ferns throughout.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 7 Oct. 2024
These are engulfing along with smells coming from dahlias, carnations, gladiolas, poppies and peonies springing from the 12,920-square-foot urban flower farm at the foot of Belleville’s reservoir.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024
The swoops of cucumber tendrils and the zags of carnation leaves are examples of inherent, ubiquitous plant movements called circumnutations – from the Latin circum, meaning circle, and nutare, meaning to nod.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
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carnation
noun
car·na·tion
kär-ˈnā-shən
1
: a moderate red
2
: any of the numerous cultivated herbs of the genus of pinks with reddish, pink, yellow, or white usually double flowers
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