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  • noun Plural form of carnation.

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Examples

  • Ambassador Bullitt was accompanied by his 13-year-old daughter, Anne, who received a large bunch of carnations from the American Club of Paris.

    NYT > Home Page 2011

  • Mademoiselle stopped to gather some fine carnations; near the carnations was a rose-tree.

    Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • Perennial plants, such as carnations, pinks, and sweet-williams, may now be transplanted.

    The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering William Martin

  • I've never seen any kind of carnations around here, so that's pretty awesome.

    GayGamer.net 2009

  • At this time of year, rely on potted blue hydrangeas or Persian violet, as well as blue cut flowers such as carnations and bellflowers.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • At this time of year, rely on potted blue hydrangeas or Persian violet, as well as blue cut flowers such as carnations and bellflowers.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • I've never seen any kind of carnations around here, so that's pretty awesome.

    GayGamer.net 2009

  • Her idea for the centerpieces was to use an oversized martini glass filled with green-sprayed carnations yes, again with the green!

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • Now she ignored the signs and just looked in shop windows until she came to one displaying a huge bouquet of daisies and carnations and all sorts of other glorious blooms that had no right to exist in the wintertime.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • The announcement of new support came the same day a few hundred gay rights supporters convened in Annapolis for a rally and delivered carnations to lawmakers on Valentine's Day.

    Md. Senate - largest remaining hurdle to same-sex marriage - likely to approve bill John Wagner 2011

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