How many syllables in carnation?

There are 3 syllables in the word carnation.

Divide carnation into syllables:

carnation (noun):: a plant of any of numerous often cultivated and usually double-flowered varieties or subspecies of an old world pink (dianthus caryophyllus) found in many color variations

clove pink

garden pink

gillyflower

pink

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