HyperDic: caryophyllaceous_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression caryophyllaceous plant:
NOUNplantcaryophyllaceous planta plant of the family Caryophyllaceae
English > caryophyllaceous plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA plant of the family Caryophyllaceae.
Member ofCaryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink familylarge family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem

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