Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Caryophyllaceous

Caryophyllaceous , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed} clove tree; {not transcribed} nut + {not transcribed} leaf.]

(a)
(Botany) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink
(b)
(Botany) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.