HyperDic: evening_lychnis

English > 1 sense of the expression evening lychnis:
NOUNplantevening lychnis, white campion, white cockle, bladder campion, Silene latifolia, Lychnis albabluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx
English > evening lychnis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningbluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis.
Synonymswhite campion, white cockle, bladder campion, Silene latifolia, Lychnis alba
Member ofgenus Silenelarge widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors
Broadersilene, campion, catchflyAny plant of the genus Silene

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