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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] clove tree; [GREEK] nut + [GREEK] 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.

caryophyllaceous ‎(comparative more caryophyllaceous, superlative most caryophyllaceous)

(botany) Of or pertaining to the pinks (of family Caryophyllaceae), especially describing plants that have their distinctive corollas