pink family

noun

1. the plant family Caryophyllaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite leaves, usually swollen-jointed stems, flowers with petals notched at the tips, and fruit generally in the form of a many-seeded capsule, and including baby's-breath, carnation, chickweed, pink, and sweet william.

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Endless are the ranks of the saxifrage family in white; countless the numbers of the pink family.

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Sagina, sa-jī′na, n. a genus of polypetalous plants of the pink family.

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The pink family is represented by many common and often showy plants.

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Bouncing-bet and her comely hearty cousins of the pink family made delightsome many a corner of our home garden.

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In the natural order Carophyllaceae (pink family) the dichasial form of inflorescence is very general.

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