caryophyllaceous

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae

Questions about caryophyllaceous

What does caryophyllaceous mean?

caryophyllaceous means "of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae".

How many syllables are in caryophyllaceous?

caryophyllaceous has 6 syllables: ca-ryo-phyl-la-ce-ous. The stress falls on "ce".

Is caryophyllaceous a common word?

caryophyllaceous 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.