pink family

pink family
noun
large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑caryophyllaceous (for: ↑Caryophyllaceae)
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family
• Member Meronyms:

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noun

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the plant family Caryophyllaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite leaves, usually swollen-jointed stems, flowers with petals notched at the tips, and fruit generally in the form of a many-seeded capsule, and including baby's-breath, carnation, chickweed, pink, and sweet william.

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pink family,
a group of dicotyledonous herbs found chiefly in temperate and subarctic regions. The family includes the pink, campion, lychnis, babies'-breath, and chickweed.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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