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silene
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
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]
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