- carnation red
- noun
: a moderate red that is bluer and paler than cerise, claret (sense 3a), average strawberry (sense 2a), Turkey red, or Harvard crimson (sense 1)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
carnation red
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carnation — ► NOUN ▪ a double flowered cultivated variety of clove pink, with grey green leaves and showy pink, white, or red flowers. ORIGIN perhaps based on a misreading of an Arabic word meaning clove or clove pink , influenced by French carnation «flesh… … English terms dictionary
carnation — [kär nā′shən] n. [MFr < L caro, flesh (see CARNAL), after OFr incarnation, INCARNATION; sense infl. by OIt carnagione, flesh colored < carnaggio] 1. a) a popular garden and greenhouse plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) of the pink family,… … English World dictionary
Carnation (brand) — novelties.HistoryCarnation brand milk products were first produced by the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company in Kent, Washington, founded by Elbridge Amos Stuart [anonymous; [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file id=1733 “Stuart,… … Wikipedia
carnation — /kahr nay sheuhn/, n. 1. any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio. 2. pink; light red. 3. Obs. the color… … Universalium
carnation — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carnation Revolution — The Carnation Revolution ( pt. Revolução dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless military led pro democratic coup d état, started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian… … Wikipedia
red — Synonyms and related words: Adrianople red, Amytal, Amytal pill, Bolshevik, Bolshevist, Bolshie, Burgundy, Carbonarist, Carbonaro, Castroist, Castroite, Charley, Communist, Cong, Congo rubine, Demerol, Dolophine, English red, Fenian, Goya,… … Moby Thesaurus
red blood-red carmine cerise cherry cherry-red crimson ruby ruby-red scarlet — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red reddish — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red ruddy flushed empurpled — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
