Usually means: Flower symbolizing love, fascination, distinction.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. carnation: Merriam-Webster
  2. carnation, carnation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carnation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. carnation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. carnation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Carnation, carnation: Wordnik
  7. carnation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. carnation: Wiktionary
  9. carnation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. carnation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. carnation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Carnation, carnation: Dictionary.com
  13. carnation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. carnation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Carnation (TV series), Carnation (brand), Carnation (disambiguation), Carnation (heraldry), Carnation (painting), Carnation (song), Carnation (trademark), Carnation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Carnation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. carnation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. carnation: Rhymezone
  19. Carnation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. carnation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Carnation: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. carnation: FreeDictionary.org
  23. carnation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. carnation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. carnation: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. carnation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. carnation: Cook's Thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Carnation (disambiguation), carnation: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Carnation: Dictionary of Horticultural Terms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. carnation: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. carnation: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
noun:  originally, Dianthus caryophyllus
noun:  other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids
noun:  The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
noun:  A rosy pink colour
noun:  (archaic) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh
noun:  A scarlet colour.
adjective:  Of a rosy pink or red colour.
adjective:  (archaic) Of a human flesh color.

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