English Dictionary: caryophyllaceous | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for caryophyllaceous | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |