caryophyllaceae

Noun caryophyllaceae has 1 sense

• caryophyllaceae(n = noun.plant) carnation family, family caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes);
is a kind of caryophylloid dicot family
is a member of caryophyllales, chenopodiales, order-chenopodiales, order caryophyllales
Derived form adjective caryophyllaceous₁