carnation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++car·na·tion /kɑːˈneɪʃən $ kɑːr-/ noun [countable] 
HBPDLGa flower that smells sweet. Men often wear a carnation on their jacket on formal occasions. 康乃馨 →5 see picture at 见图 flower1
HBPDLGa flower that smells sweet. Men often wear a carnation on their jacket on formal occasions. 康乃馨 →5 see picture at 见图 flower1Examples from the Corpus
carnation• They loaded me with branches of lemons and bunches of stocks and carnations - overpoweringly sweet.• I had sent her a few carnations from Skuytercliff, and I was astonished.• He is wearing his carnation again, and he could not possibly carry himself more erect.• Just then the first volley of rockets explodes into three enormous green-and-red carnations.• My father's favourite flowers were dark-red carnations.• Use scissors to cut the carnation stem lengthwise into three.• The main room was awash with bowls of pink and white carnations, the sweet, peppery scent filling the room.Origin carnation (1500-1600) Old French “flesh-color”, from Old Italian carnagione, from carne “flesh, meat”, from Latin caro; → CARNALcar·na·tion nounChineseSyllable
often smells a that Corpus flower sweet. Men
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carnation
car‧na‧tion /kɑːˈneɪʃən $ kɑːr-/
noun [countable]
a flower that smells sweet. Men often wear a carnation on their jacket on formal occasions.
car‧na‧tion /kɑːˈneɪʃən $ kɑːr-/
noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: Old French
Origin: 'flesh-color', from Old Italian carnagione, from carne 'flesh, meat', from Latin caro; ⇨ carnal
Language: Old French
Origin: 'flesh-color', from Old Italian carnagione, from carne 'flesh, meat', from Latin caro; ⇨ carnal
a flower that smells sweet. Men often wear a carnation on their jacket on formal occasions.
