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Definition of Caryophyllaceae
1. Noun. Large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes).
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, Order Caryophyllales, Order-chenopodiales
Member holonyms: Caryophyllaceous Plant, Agrostemma, Genus Agrostemma, Arenaria, Genus Arenaria, Cerastium, Genus Cerastium, Dianthus, Genus Dianthus, Genus Drypis, Genus Gypsophila, Gypsophila, Genus Hernaria, Hernaria, Genus Illecebrum, Illecebrum, Genus Lychnis, Genus Minuartia, Minuartia, Genus Moehringia, Moehringia, Genus Paronychia, Paronychia, Genus Petrocoptis, Petrocoptis, Genus Sagina, Sagina, Genus Saponaria, Saponaria, Genus Scleranthus, Scleranthus, Genus Silene, Genus Spergula, Spergula, Genus Spergularia, Spergularia, Genus Stellaria, Stellaria, Genus Vaccaria, Vaccaria
Derivative terms: Caryophyllaceous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caryophyllaceae
Literary usage of Caryophyllaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Caryophyllaceae Reichenb. Consp. 206. PINK FAMILY. 1828. Annual or perennial
herbs, often swollen at the nodes, with opposite entire exstipulate or ..."
2. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"Caryophyllaceae Reichenb. PINK FAMILY. Sepals united : ovary stipitate : petals
clawed. Calyx-tube with at least twice as many ribs as lobes. Styles 5. ..."
3. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The rhizome and roots of the perennial herb commonly known as Bouncing Bet or
Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis (Fam. Caryophyllaceae ..."
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