carnation family

1. 1.

   large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)

   SynonymsCaryophyllaceaefamily Caryophyllaceaepink family

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot family

   Part ofCaryophyllales

Questions about carnation family

What does carnation family mean?

carnation family means "large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)".

What is another word for carnation family?

Close synonyms include Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carnation family a common word?

carnation family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.