名詞 carnation:

1. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
   同義詞：clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus
2. a pink or reddish-pink color

形容詞 carnation:

1. pink or pinkish

1. A carnation having pale petals bordered by a darker color.
   花邊香石竹淺色花瓣由深色邊圍繞的康乃馨
2. He wore a red carnation in his buttonhole.
   他的扣洞上了一朵紅色康乃馨。

car.na.tion

n.（名詞）

Any of numerous cultivated forms of a perennial plant(Dianthus caryophyllus) having showy, variously colored, usually double, often fragrant flowers with fringed petals.
（麝）香石竹，康乃馨：一種大量種植的（麝香石竹 石竹屬） 屬多年生植物，通常開重瓣花，花色多樣且鮮艷，氣味芳香，四周有花瓣
A flower of this plant.Also called clove pink
康乃馨：康乃馨這種植物的花也作 clove pink
A pinkish tint once used in painting.
肉紅色，粉紅色：曾用在繪畫中的粉紅色色調(diào)

來源：
From obsolete French [flesh-colored]
源自 已廢法語 [肉色的]
from Old French from Old Italian carnagione [skin, complexion] from carne [flesh]
源自 古法語 源自 古意大利語 carnagione [皮膚，膚色] 源自 carne [肉]
or from Late Latin carn3tiô carn3tiôn- [flesh]
或源自 后期拉丁語 carn3tiô carn3tiôn- [肉]
both from Latin carô carn- * see sker-
都源自 拉丁語 carô carn- *參見 sker-