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Synonyms clove pink, dianthus caryophyllus, gillyflower
Type of garden pink, pink
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Type of pink
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Each parent also received a pink or red carnation courtesy of Sunset Lane's PTA.
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Flowers which originated in Muslim gardens include the carnation and the tulip.
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He likened the effect to that of a man in a tuxedo pinning on a red carnation.
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Tim Key, owner of Towne Square Florist, shows a popular carnation arrangement.
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Six of Bobby's classmates placed their white carnation boutonnieres on the coffin.
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The national flower of Spain is considered to be the carnation, in Spanish clavel.
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Over 90 nurseries, fruit and veg exhibits, plant societies, carnation championship.
From the telegraph.co.uk
As remuneration from the foundation, he stipulated only one red carnation each day.
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One of the aspects of the carnation that Oscar de la Renta loves best is its scent.
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  • Pink or pinkish
  • Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
  • Dianthus caryophyllus (Clove Pink) is a species of Dianthus. It is probably native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years. It is the wild ancestor of the garden Carnation.Med-Checklist: Flora Europaea: Blamey, M. ...
  • The Car-Nation (also known as Carnation) was a brand of automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan, by the American Voiturette Company from 1913-1914.
  • Carnation is a brand of evaporated milk created in 1899, then called Carnation Sterilized Cream from HistoryLink and later the widely known Carnation Evaporated Milk. ...
  • Carnation pink is a color that resembles the flower color of a carnation plant. It is a shade of pink.
  • Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species (D. repens) in arctic North America. Common names include carnation (D. caryophyllus), pink (D. ...
  • In heraldry, carnation is a tincture, the colour of European/Caucasian human skin (i.e., pale pinkish peach). It is not used at all often in the Anglophone heraldries but quite frequent on the continent, in France in particular, derived from widespread use in German heraldry.
  • Carnation is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,893 at the 2000 census.