NOUN | plant | Silene latifolia, white campion, evening lychnis, white cockle, bladder campion, Lychnis alba | bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx |
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Meaning | bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis. | |
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Synonyms | white campion, evening lychnis, white cockle, bladder campion, Lychnis alba | |
Member of | genus Silene | large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors |
Broader | silene, campion, catchfly | Any plant of the genus Silene |
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