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caryophyllaceous

caryophyllaceous adjective: of or pertaining to the pinks (of family Caryophyllaceae), especially describing plants that have their distinctive corollas.

Adjective

caryophyllaceous (not comparable)

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

Origin of caryophyllaceous

Caryophyllaceae + -ous

Questions about caryophyllaceous

What does caryophyllaceous mean?
Caryophyllaceous means of or pertaining to the pinks (of family Caryophyllaceae), especially describing plants that have their distinctive corollas.
What part of speech is caryophyllaceous?
Caryophyllaceous is an adjective.

Words near caryophyllaceous in the dictionary

  1. caryokinetic
  2. caryology
  3. caryonidal
  4. caryonide
  5. caryonides
  6. caryophyllaceous
  7. caryophyllene
  8. caryophyllenes
  9. caryophyllenyl
  10. caryophyllid
  11. caryophyllidean

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