n.
Pronunciation: kär- ' n ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian carnagione, from carne flesh, from Latin carn-, caro
Date: circa 1535
1 a (1) : the variable color of human flesh (2) : a pale to grayish yellow b : a moderate red
2 : a plant of any of numerous often cultivated and usually double-flowered varieties or subspecies of an Old World pink ( Dianthus caryophyllus ) orig. flesh-colored but now found in many color variations