silene

/ saɪˈliːnɪ /

noun

any plant of the large perennial genus Silene, with mostly red or pink flowers; many, esp S. or Agrostemma coeli-rosa, are grown as garden plants: family Carophyllaceae See also campion

Origin of silene¹

New Latin from Latin silenus viscaria

The country was at that time ravaged by a dragon whose lair was a great pond near the royal city of Silene.

Styles 5, rarely 4, and pod opening by as many or twice as many teeth; otherwise nearly as in Silene.

It feeds on the roots of seaside campion (Silene maritima), July to September.

Longitudinal section of flower of Silene Pennsylvanica, showing stipe between calyx and corolla.

He went to Silene, the moon-goddess, whose light rivalled that of the sun himself, and challenged her to a game of tables.

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