family caryophyllaceae

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsCaryophyllaceaecarnation familypink family

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot family

   Part ofCaryophyllales

Questions about family caryophyllaceae

What does family caryophyllaceae mean?

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

What is another word for family caryophyllaceae?

Close synonyms include Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, 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 family caryophyllaceae a common word?

family caryophyllaceae 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.