Definition for CAR-Y-O-PHYL'LE-OUS

CAR-Y-O-PHYL'LE-OUS, a. [Gr. καρυον, a nut, and φυλλον, a leaf.]

Having five petals with long claws, in a tubular calyx; applied to flowers. – Eaton.

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