caryophyllaceous

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English

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Etymology

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Caryophyllaceae +‎ -ous

Adjective

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caryophyllaceous (not comparable)

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