a pink or reddish-pink color Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors having the color of a carnation
A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers. Herbaceous plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean, widely cultivated for its fringe-petaled, often spicy-smelling flowers. Border, or garden, carnations include a range of varieties and hybrids. The perpetual flowering carnation, taller and stouter, produces larger flowers and blooms almost continuously in the greenhouse; miniature (baby) and spray varieties are also grown for the florist trade. Carnations are among the most popular cut flowers, used in floral arrangements, corsages, and boutonnieres