Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caryophyllaceous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caryophyllaceous \Car`y*o*phyl*la"ceous\, a. [Gr. ? clove tree;
? nut + ? leaf.] (Bot.)
(a) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed
in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.
(b) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the
carnation are the types.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caryophyllaceous
adj : of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
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