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pink family
pink familyn. A large family of chiefly herbaceous plants, the Caryophyllaceae, characterized by opposite simple leaves, swollen stem nodes, and usually five petals that are sometimes notched, and including the carnations, chickweeds, and pinks.pink′ fam`ily
n. a plant family, Caryophyllaceae, of nonwoody plants with opposite leaves, usu. swollen-jointed stems, and flowers with notched petals. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceaecaryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermaecaryophyllaceous plant - a plant of the family CaryophyllaceaeAgrostemma, genus Agrostemma - a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cocklesArenaria, genus Arenaria - sandwortsCerastium, genus Cerastium - mouse-eared chickweedDianthus, genus Dianthus - carnations and pinksgenus Drypis - one speciesgenus Gypsophila, Gypsophila - Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowersgenus Hernaria, Hernaria - low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leavesgenus Illecebrum, Illecebrum - one species: coral necklacegenus Lychnis - genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchflygenus Minuartia, Minuartia - mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandwortsgenus Moehringia, Moehringia - low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowersgenus Paronychia, Paronychia - low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowwortsgenus Petrocoptis, Petrocoptis - perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnisgenus Sagina, Sagina - small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regionsgenus Saponaria, Saponaria - mostly perennial Old World herbsgenus Scleranthus, Scleranthus - small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawelgenus Silene - large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchflygenus Spergula, Spergula - small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurrygenus Spergularia, Spergularia - chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurrygenus Stellaria, Stellaria - common chickweed; stitchwortgenus Vaccaria, Vaccaria - cow-cockles |
EncyclopediaSeeCaryophyllaceaepink family
Synonyms for pink familynoun large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)Synonyms- carnation family
- Caryophyllaceae
- family Caryophyllaceae
Related Words- caryophylloid dicot family
- Caryophyllales
- Chenopodiales
- order Caryophyllales
- order-Chenopodiales
- caryophyllaceous plant
- Agrostemma
- genus Agrostemma
- Arenaria
- genus Arenaria
- Cerastium
- genus Cerastium
- Dianthus
- genus Dianthus
- genus Drypis
- genus Gypsophila
- Gypsophila
- genus Hernaria
- Hernaria
- genus Illecebrum
- Illecebrum
- genus Lychnis
- genus Minuartia
- Minuartia
- genus Moehringia
- Moehringia
- genus Paronychia
- Paronychia
- genus Petrocoptis
- Petrocoptis
- genus Sagina
- Sagina
- genus Saponaria
- Saponaria
- genus Scleranthus
- Scleranthus
- genus Silene
- genus Spergula
- Spergula
- genus Spergularia
- Spergularia
- genus Stellaria
- Stellaria
- genus Vaccaria
- Vaccaria
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