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English Dictionary: caryophyllaceous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caryophyllaceous
adj
  1. of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
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.
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