We found 1 definitions of family caryophyllaceae from 1 different sources.
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family caryophyllaceae - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) | ||
Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink family | ||
caryophylloid dicot family family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers | ||
caryophyllales, chenopodiales, order-chenopodiales, order caryophyllales corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae |