'Carnation' definitions:
Definition of 'carnation'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Pink or pinkish
noun
Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors [syn: carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus]
noun
A pink or reddish-pink color
Definition of 'Carnation'
From: GCIDE
- Carnation \Car*na"tion\, n. [F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
- 1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. [1913 Webster]
- Her complexion of the delicate carnation. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. [1913 Webster]
- The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'carnation'
From: GCIDE
- 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, empurpled}]
- Syn: colourful. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque] [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome.
- Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn, reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful, blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary, canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored, earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green, dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender, lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel, brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey, honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]
- Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
Carnation, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Carnation, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000) :
1893
Housing Units (2000) :
650
Land area (2000) :
1.095255 sq. miles (2.836698 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.095255 sq. miles (2.836698 sq. km)
FIPS code :
10215
Located within :
Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location :
47.648234 N, 121.908630 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
98014
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.