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GENUS LYCHNIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Lychnis" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lychnis"):
catchfly; lychnis (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)
Holonyms ("genus Lychnis" is a member of...):
carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))