CARYOPHYLLACEOUS PLANT

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Meaning:

A plant of the family Caryophyllaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

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))

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