caryophyllus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον (karuóphullon) reinterpreted as caryon / κάρυον (káruon, “a nut”) + phyllus / φύλλον (phúllon, “a leaf”). Applied by early botanists to the clove (Syzygium aromaticum), formerly Caryophyllus aromatica, and, by similarity of smell, to the clove pink (Dianthus caryophyllus). See Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful) for the actual oriental origin of the word. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.ry.ɔˈpʰyl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.ri.oˈfil.lus] === Adjective === caryophyllus (feminine caryophylla, neuter caryophyllum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin, botany) Resembling or associated with clove. (New Latin, botany) Resembling or associated with the clove pink. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: girofle Emilian: garòfen French: girofleEnglish: gillyflower→ Portuguese: girofle Italian: cariofillene, cariofillaceo, cariofillata, garofano Translingual: Caryophyllus, Dianthus caryophyllus, Senecio caryophyllus