| caryocar | (n) type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts, Syn. genus Caryocar |
| caryocaraceae | (n) small genus of tropical South American trees, Syn. family Caryocaraceae |
| caryophyllaceae | (n) large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes), Syn. pink family, carnation family, family Caryophyllaceae |
| caryophyllaceous | (adj) of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae |
| caryophyllaceous plant | (n) a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae |
| caryophyllales | (n) corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae, Syn. order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales, Chenopodiales |
| caryophyllidae | (n) a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder, Syn. subclass Caryophyllidae |
| caryophylloid dicot family | (n) family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| caryophylloid dicot genus | (n) genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| caryota | (n) fishtail palms, Syn. genus Caryota |
| Caryophyllaceous | a. [ Gr. &unr_; clove tree; &unr_; nut + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) |
| Caryophyllales | n. an order of plants which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae. |
| Caryophyllidae | n. a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); it contains 14 families including: |
| Caryophyllin | n. (Chem.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Caryophyllous | a. Caryophyllaceous. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Caryopsis | n.; |