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CARNATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pink or reddish-pink color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("carnation" is a kind of...):

pink (a light shade of red)

Derivation:

carnation (pink or pinkish)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

Synonyms:

carnation; clove pink; Dianthus caryophyllus; gillyflower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("carnation" is a kind of...):

garden pink; pink (any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers)

Derivation:

carnation (pink or pinkish)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pink or pinkish

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

carnation (a pink or reddish-pink color)

carnation (Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors)

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