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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:
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:
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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