What does caryophyllaceous mean?
Definitions for caryophyllaceous
ca·ryophyl·la·ceous
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Princeton's WordNet
caryophyllaceousadjective
of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
Wiktionary
caryophyllaceousadjective
Of or pertaining to the pinks (of family Caryophyllaceae), especially describing plants that have their distinctive corollas
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caryophyllaceous
Caryophyllaceous refers to anything that is characteristic of or related to the Caryophyllaceae family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family. These plants typically have brightly colored flowers and are found worldwide, particularly in arctic and alpine regions.
Webster Dictionary
Caryophyllaceousadjective
having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink
Caryophyllaceousadjective
belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types
Etymology: [Gr. clove tree; nut + leaf.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Caryophyllaceous
kar-i-ō-fi-lā′shi-us, adj. belonging to the natural order Caryophyllaceæ;, applied esp. to flowers having five petals with long claws, as in the clove-pink. [Gr. karyophyllon, the clove-pink.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of caryophyllaceous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of caryophyllaceous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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