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# carnation

noun (a carnation, carnations); adjective (carnation — pink colour, rare)

«carnation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A carnation is a garden flower with frilly petals and a sweet spicy smell, often pink, red or white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#m1)
2. Carnation can also mean a pinkish-red colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life carnations are used in bouquets, buttonholes at weddings and on Mother's Day. In science experiments, a white carnation put in coloured water shows how water travels up the stem through tubes (xylem) — the petals change colour. Phrases: «a red carnation», «a bunch of carnations», «carnation experiment».

### Examples

- We put a white carnation in blue water, and the petals turned blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#x1)
- Dad wore a red carnation at the wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#x2)
- Carnations have frilly petals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#x3)
- She bought a bunch of pink carnations for her mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#x4)
- Carnations smell a bit like cloves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#x5)
- The carnation experiment shows how plants drink water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#x6)
- Carnations last a long time in a vase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#x7)
- We drew a carnation in our art lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#x8)
- Beautiful stocks and carnations followed, bowing to every one present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/#x9)

### Note

Countable. Spelling: carnation (not «carnasion»). Do not confuse with «carnival» or «reincarnation».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carnation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carnation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carnation.html) on Mova free.