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SILENE LATIFOLIA
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
bladder campion; evening lychnis; Lychnis alba; Silene latifolia; white campion; white cockle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Silene latifolia" is a kind of...):
campion; catchfly; silene (any plant of the genus Silene)
Holonyms ("Silene latifolia" is a member of...):
genus Silene (large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly)