As nouns the difference between carnation and marigold
is that carnation is botany A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers while marigold is any garden flower plant of the genus Calendula, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
As adjectives the difference between carnation and marigold
is that carnation is of a rosy pink or red colour while marigold is having the color of marigolds, a bright yellowish-orange hue.
marigold
English
Noun
(
en noun)
Any garden flower plant of the genus Calendula , with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
Any plant of the genus Tagetes , a flowering plant with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
Derived terms
* African marigold
* bur marigold
* corn marigold
* fig marigold
* French marigold
* marsh marigold
* pot marigold
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Having the color of marigolds, a bright yellowish-orange hue.
See also
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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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