carnation_family
1. [ noun ] (biology,botany) large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
Synonyms: family_Caryophyllaceae pink_family Caryophyllaceae
Related terms: caryophylloid_dicot_family Caryophyllales genus_Drypis Arenaria Agrostemma Vaccaria Petrocoptis Gypsophila Hernaria Illecebrum Minuartia genus_Lychnis Moehringia Paronychia Dianthus Sagina Saponaria Scleranthus genus_Silene Spergula Spergularia Stellaria Cerastium caryophyllaceous_plant