• (a.) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types. • (a.) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink
Car`y·o·phyl·la'ceous adjective [ Greek ... clove tree; ... nut + ... leaf.] (Botany) (a) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink . (b) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types. 
[adj] - of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
adjective of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae