caryophyllaceous

English edit

Etymology edit

Caryophyllaceae +‎ -ous

Adjective edit

caryophyllaceous (not comparable)

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

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