Incarnadine is a related term of carnation.
As nouns the difference between carnation and incarnadine
is that carnation is botany A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers while incarnadine is the blood-red colour of raw flesh.
As adjectives the difference between carnation and incarnadine
is that carnation is of a rosy pink or red colour while incarnadine is of the blood-red colour of raw flesh.
As a verb incarnadine is
to cause to be the blood-red colour of raw flesh.
carnation
Noun
(botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
# originally, Dianthus caryophyllus
# other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids
The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
A rosy pink colour
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(archaic) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh
Sometimes, a scarlet colour.
Synonyms
* clove pink (also called gillyflower), (ancestor of the carnation) Dianthus caryophyllus
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Related terms
* carnal
* carnassial
* carnify
* carnival
* carnivore
* carnosity
* incarnadine
* incarnate
Adjective
(-)
Of a rosy pink or red colour
(archaic) Of a human flesh color.
See also
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* gypsophila
Anagrams
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incarnadine
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Of the blood-red colour of raw flesh.
Of a general red colour.
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Noun
(
en noun)
The blood-red colour of raw flesh.
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Red in general
Verb
(incarnadin)
To cause to be the blood-red colour of raw flesh.
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To cause to be red or crimson.
See also
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