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caryophyllous

caryophyllous is the alternative form of caryophyllaceous.

Meaning of caryophyllaceous

Adjective

caryophyllaceous (not comparable)

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

Forms of caryophyllous

comparativemore caryophyllous
superlativemost caryophyllous

Questions about caryophyllous

What is caryophyllous the alternative form of?
Caryophyllous is the alternative form of caryophyllaceous.

Words near caryophyllous in the dictionary

  1. caryophyllideans
  2. caryophyllids
  3. caryophylliid
  4. caryophylliids
  5. caryophyllin
  6. caryophyllous
  7. caryopilite
  8. caryoplasm
  9. caryopses
  10. caryopsides
  11. caryopsis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caryophyllous (page history and authors); caryophyllaceous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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