caryophyllaceous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae

WordNet

Car`y*o*phyl*la"ceous adjective
Etymology
Gr. clove tree; nut + leaf.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913