pink family

American  

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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Example Sentences

The other bag, a tiny pink family ready to move in.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

These are mostly plants with showy flowers in which the petals are large and conspicuous, though some of the pink family, e.g. some chick-weeds, have no petals.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

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

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

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

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton