a. [ Gr. &unr_; clove tree; &unr_; nut + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.)
n. an order of plants which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
n. a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); it contains 14 families including:
n. (Chem.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Caryophyllaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]
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