n.
1 any of several cultivated varieties of clove-scented pink, with variously coloured showy flowers (see also CLOVE(1) 2).
2 this flower.
Etymology: orig. uncert.: in early use varying with coronation
2.
n. & adj.
—n. a rosy pink colour.
—adj. of this colour.
Etymology: F f. It. carnagione ult. f. L caro carnis flesh
Useful english dictionary. 2012.