CARYOPHYLLACEOUS Car`y*o*phyl*la"ceous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.) (a) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink. (b) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.
CARYOPHYLLIN
Car`y*oph"yl*lin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.
CARYOPHYLLOUS
Car`y*oph"yl*lous, a.
Defn: Caryophyllaceous.
CARYOPSIS
Car`y*op"sis, n.; pl. Caryopses. Etym: [NL., fr. gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.
CASA
Ca"sa, n. [Sp. or It., fr. L. casa cabin.]
Defn: A house or mansion. [Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands]
I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. Bret Harte.