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CARYOPHYLLACEOUS PLANT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A plant of the family Caryophyllaceae
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Hypernyms ("caryophyllaceous plant" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("caryophyllaceous plant" is a member of...):
carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))