Definition of Caryophillaceous
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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