Caryophyllaceous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caryophyllaceous
       adj : of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae