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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary car·na·tion \\kär-ˈnā-shən\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle French, from Old Italian carnagione, from carne flesh, from Latin carn-, caro
DATE circa 1535
1. a. (1) the variable color of human flesh (2) a pale to grayish yellow b. a moderate red2. a plant of any of numerous often cultivated and usually double-flowered varieties or subspecies of an Old World pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) originally flesh-colored but now found in many color variations
carnation 1538, either a corruption of coronation ( q.v.) from the flower's being used in chaplets or from the toothed crown-like look of the petals; or for its pinkness from M.Fr
http://M.Fr . carnation "person's color or complexion," probably from It. carnagione "flesh color," from L.L. carnationem ( nom. carnatio) "fleshiness," from L. caro "flesh."
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 carnation
car·na·tion / kB:5neiFn; NAmE kB:r5n- / noun a white, pink or red flower, often worn as a decoration on formal occasions
(丁)香石竹；康乃馨:
He was wearing a carnation in his buttonhole.
他在钮扣眼里插了一朵康乃馨。
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged car·na·tion\kärˈnāshən, kȧˈn-, attrib (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun( -s) Etymology: Middle French, color or complexion of a person. from Old Italian carnagione, from carne flesh, from Latin carn-, caro — more at carnal 1. a. : the variable color of human flesh averaging the color seed pearl b. : carnation red 2. : any of the numerous cultivated usually double-flowered varieties of the clove pink ( Dianthus caryophyllus) originally flesh-colored but now found in many color variations — compare bizarre II, flake II 3, picotee , pink 3. : pride of barbados
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