caryophyllaceous plant

English Thesaurus

1. a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	herb, herbaceous plant,
definition	:	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	carnation family, caryophyllaceae, family caryophyllaceae, pink family,
definition	:	large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) (noun.plant)