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Adjective: carnation  kaa(r)'ney-shun
  1. Pink or pinkish
Noun: carnation  kaa(r)'ney-shun
  1. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colours
    - clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus
     
  2. A pink or reddish-pink colour

Derived forms: carnations

See also: chromatic

Type of: garden pink, pink

Encyclopedia: Carnation, WA

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