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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 car·na·tion /kɑrˈneʃən/
 康乃馨,淡紅色

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Car·na·tion n.
 1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.
    Her complexion of the delicate carnation.   --Ld. Lytton.
 2. pl. Paint. Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.
    The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations.   --Fairholt.
 3. Bot. A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 carnation
      adj : having the color of a carnation
      n 1: Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually
           double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and
           many colors [syn: clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus
           caryophyllus]
      2: a pink or reddish-pink color