carnationist
nounEtymology From carnation + -ist.
1
A person who grows carnations.
- […] your carnationists in the spring and your chrysanthemum growers in the fall […]1895, Society of American Florists, Ornamental Horticulturists, Proceedings of the Annual Conventions, volumes 11-14, page 64:
- I hope I may be pardoned for again referring to roses in a meeting of carnationists, but they seem to forcibly illustrate some of the points I wish to emphasize.1902, American Carnation Society, Proceedings of the American Carnation Society, page 73: