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marigold
English
Etymology
From Middle English marigolde, marygoldye, from Mary (“referring to the Virgin Mary”) + golde (“marigold”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mæ?.?????ld/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mæ?.???o?ld/, IPA(key): /?m??.???o?ld/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (Mary–marry–merry merger)
Noun
marigold (plural marigolds)
- Any of the Old World plants, of the genus Calendula, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
- Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
- Alternative form of Marigold (rubber glove for cleaning)
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
marigold (comparative more marigold, superlative most marigold)
- Having the color of marigolds, a bright yellowish-orange hue.
See also
- Marigold on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Grimaldo
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carnation
English
Etymology
From Middle French carnation (“person's color or complexion”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k???ne?.??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /k???ne?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
carnation (countable and uncountable, plural carnations)
- (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
- (archaic) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh
- A scarlet colour.
Synonyms
- (plant, flower): clove pink (also called gillyflower), (ancestor of the carnation) Dianthus caryophyllus
- (plant, flower): cottage pink, Dianthus plumarius
Related terms
- carnal
- carnassial
- carnify
- carnival
- carnivore
- carnosity
- incarnadine
- incarnate
Translations
Adjective
carnation (not comparable)
- Of a rosy pink or red colour.
- (archaic) Of a human flesh color.
Translations
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
- gypsophila
Anagrams
- Cantorian, Carnotian
French
Etymology
From Middle French, possibly from Italian carnagione (“flesh color”), either way from Late Latin carn?ti? (“fleshiness”) (from Latin car? (“flesh”)), or from a corruption of coronation (from Latin cor?n?re (“to crown”), from cor?na (“crown”)), because of the flower's use in chaplets or from the toothed crown-like look of the petals.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?.na.sj??/
Noun
carnation f (countable and uncountable, plural carnations)
- (uncountable) a fleshy pinkish color (not the color of a carnation flower)
- (countable) skin tone
- Synonym: teint
Further reading
- “carnation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- connaitra, connaîtra
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