What is "caryophyllaceous"

Caryophyllaceous \Car`y*o*phyl*la"ceous\, a. [Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf.] (Bot.)

1. Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.

2. Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.

a. (context botany English) Of or pertaining to the pinks (of family Caryophyllaceae), especially describing plants that have their distinctive corollas

adj. of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae