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silene |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Silene \Si*le"ne\, n. [NL., fr L. Silenus, the attendant of Bacchus.] (Bot.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly. {Bon Sil[`e]ne}. See {Sil[`e]ne}, in the Vocabulary. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: silene n : any plant of the genus Silene [syn: {campion}, {catchfly}]
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