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caryophyllaceous

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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adjective

Meaning 2

of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Etymology

Caryophyllaceae + -ous