carnation

Word family nouncarnationadjectivecarnationed

Related topics: Plants, Gardening

car·na·tion /kɑːˈneɪʃən $ kɑːr-/ noun [countableC]

HBPDLGa flower that smells sweet. Men often wear a carnation on their jacket on formal occasions. 康乃馨 →4 See picture of 见图 FLOWER →5 see picture at 见图 flower1

Examples 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; → CARNAL

单词	carnation
释义	carnation Word family nouncarnationadjectivecarnationed Related topics: Plants, Gardening car·na·tion /kɑːˈneɪʃən $ kɑːr-/ noun [countableC] HBPDLGa flower that smells sweet. Men often wear a carnation on their jacket on formal occasions. 康乃馨 →4 See picture of 见图 FLOWER →5 see picture at 见图 flower1 Examples 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; → CARNAL
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