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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caryophyllaceous \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
caryophyllaceous
adj : of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
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