carnation vs salmon

carnation

adj
  • Of a rosy pink or red colour. 

noun
  • 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 

  • A scarlet colour. 

salmon

adj
  • Having a pale pinkish-orange colour. 

noun
  • One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn. 

  • A meal or dish made from this fish. 

  • snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout) 

  • The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat. 

  • A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon. 

verb
  • To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street. 

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