Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun family_caryophyllaceae
1 sense of family caryophyllaceae
Sense 1
Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink family -- (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))
=> caryophylloid dicot family -- (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)