Bible Dictionaries
Caryophyllaceous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink

(2):

(a.) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Caryophyllaceous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/caryophyllaceous.html. 1828.