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Word: Carnation
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century: perhaps based on a misreading of Arabic qaranful ‘clove or clove pink’, from Greek karyophyllon. The early forms suggest confusion with carnation, with incarnation, and with coronation
kɑːˈneɪʃn
a double-flowered cultivated variety of clove pink, with grey-green leaves and showy pink, white, or red flowers.
Short Definition:double-flowered cultivated variety of clove pink, with grey-green leaves
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