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Definition of Caryophyllaceous
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae.
Definition of Caryophyllaceous
1. a. Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink
Definition of Caryophyllaceous
1. Adjective. (botany) Of or pertaining to the pinks (of family ''Caryophyllaceae''), especially describing plants that have their distinctive corollas ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Caryophyllaceous
Literary usage of Caryophyllaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"118-132) and buckwheats (pp. 138-144). The following belong to other families.
caryophyllaceous SEEDS ( Caryophyllacea]. COCKLE. ..."
2. The New American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure by Alphonso Wood (1889)
"2d, caryophyllaceous or pink-like corollas consist of five petals with long,
erect claws, and spreading laminae; as in the Pink (56). ..."
3. Lessons in the Structure, Life, and Growth of Plants, for Schools and Academies by Alphonso Wood, Oliver Rivington Willis (1889)
"2d, caryophyllaceous or pink-like corollas consist of five petals with long,
erect claws, and spreading laminae; as in the Pink (56). ..."
4. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"471. ROSACEOUS, rose-like ; a flower with five short-clawed, spreading petals.
472. caryophyllaceous, pink-like ; a five-petaled corolla, with long, ..."
5. Leaves and Flowers, Or, Object Lessons in Botany: With a Flora : Prepared by Alphonso Wood (1891)
"135 (Wallflower) is a cruciform (cross-shaped) corolla, with four long clawed
petals. 88. Fig. 136 (Scarlet Catchfly) is a caryophyllaceous corolla, 87. ..."
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