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Meaning of CARYOPHYLLACEOUS

Pronunciation:  `kareeowfu'leyshus

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 Definition: [adj]  of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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