caryophyllaceous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Caryophyllaceae +‎ -ous

Adjective[edit]

caryophyllaceous (not comparable)

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