Main Entry: car·na·tion

Pronunciation: \kär-ˈnā-shən\

Function: 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 red
2 : 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