CARNATION

carnation. Carnation, n. flesh-color, a kind of fine flower

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Car‐na″tion (?), n. [[F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]] 1. 1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.
Her complexion of the delicate carnation. Ld. Lytton. 2. 2. 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. Fairholt. 3. 3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.