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English noun: carnation family

1. carnation family (plant) large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)


SynonymsCaryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family


Broader (hypernym)caryophylloid dicot family


Member holonymAgrostemma, Arenaria, caryophyllaceous plant, Cerastium, Dianthus, genus Agrostemma, genus Arenaria, genus Cerastium, genus Dianthus, genus Drypis, genus Gypsophila, genus Hernaria, genus Illecebrum, genus Lychnis, genus Minuartia, genus Moehringia, genus Paronychia, genus Petrocoptis, genus Sagina, genus Saponaria, genus Scleranthus, genus Silene, genus Spergula, genus Spergularia, genus Stellaria, genus Vaccaria, Gypsophila, Hernaria, Illecebrum, Minuartia, Moehringia, Paronychia, Petrocoptis, Sagina, Saponaria, Scleranthus, Spergula, Spergularia, Stellaria, Vaccaria


Member meronymCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales









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