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Definition of Carnation family
1. Noun. Large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes).
Exact synonyms: Caryophyllaceae, Family Caryophyllaceae, Pink Family
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
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 Carnation Family
Literary usage of Carnation family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"The floral parts are also attacked by smuts, eg, certain smuts fruit only in the
anthers of species of the carnation family, forming their spores in place ..."
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