carnation
noun
car·na·tion
kär-ˈnā-shən 
1
: a plant of any of numerous often cultivated and usually double-flowered varieties or subspecies of an Old World pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) found in many color variations
2
: a moderate red
3
archaic
: the variable color of human flesh
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The groom wore a carnation in his buttonhole.
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When the holiday was first started in 1907 by Anna Jarvis to honor mothers, the day's event was at a Methodist church in West Virginia, where white carnations were reportedly distributed to those in attendance.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 May 2024
Men and women carried bunches of yellow daffodils, carnations, and sunflowers, passing them out to visitors and placing them on the array of circular banquet tables that filled the tent.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2024
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 May 2024
Men and women carried bunches of yellow daffodils, carnations, and sunflowers, passing them out to visitors and placing them on the array of circular banquet tables that filled the tent.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2024
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carnation
noun
car·na·tion
kär-ˈnā-shən
1
: a moderate red
2
: any of the numerous cultivated herbs of the genus of pinks with reddish, pink, yellow, or white usually double flowers
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