Caryophyllaceous \Car`y*o*phyl*la"ceous\, a. [Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf.] (Bot.) (a) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink. (b) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.
caryophyllaceous adj : of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae