HyperDic: genus_lychnis

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Lychnis:
NOUNplantgenus Lychnisgenus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene
English > genus Lychnis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly.
Member ofCaryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink familylarge family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
Memberslychnis, catchflyMostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus lychnis
Catalangenus lychnis

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