Definition of "carnation" in English

noun

1. (botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.

2. The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.

3. A rosy pink colour

4. (archaic, now especially heraldry) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh

5. A scarlet colour.

adjective

1. Of a rosy pink or red colour.

2. (archaic) Of a human flesh color.