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SILENE VIRGINICA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
Synonyms:
fire pink; Silene virginica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Silene virginica" is a kind of...):
campion; catchfly; silene (any plant of the genus Silene)
Holonyms ("Silene virginica" is a member of...):
genus Silene (large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly)