What is "caryophyllales"

Caryophyllales \Caryophyllales\ n. an order of plants which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.

Syn: order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales.

Caryophyllales is an order of flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, beets, and many carnivorous plants. Many members are succulent, having fleshy stems or leaves.