silene

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun silene has 1 sense

silene(n = noun.plant) campion, catchfly - any plant of the genus Silene; Array

is a kind of flower

is a member of genus silene

has particulars: moss campion, silene acaulis, silene caroliniana, wild pink, lychnis dioica, red bird's eye, red campion, silene dioica, bladder campion, evening lychnis, lychnis alba, silene latifolia, white campion, white cockle, fire pink, silene virginica, bladder campion, silene uniflora, silene vulgaris

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CIDE DICTIONARY

silene, n. [NL., fr. L. Silenus, the attendant of Bacchus.].

A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly. [1913 Webster]

Bon Silène. See Silène, in the Vocabulary.

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