lychnis

American  

[lik-nis] / ˈlɪk nɪs /

noun

1. any showy-flowered plant belonging to the genus Lychnis, of the pink family.

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lychnis British  

/ ˈlɪknɪs /

noun

1. any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Lychnis, having red, pink, or white five-petalled flowers See also ragged robin

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Etymology

Origin of lychnis

1595–1605; < Latin < Greek lychnís red flower, akin to lýchnos lamp

Example Sentences

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lychnis

The scarlet lychnis, popularly nicknamed the "great candlestick," was commonly said to be lighted up for his day.

From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)

Geranium, lychnis, rose array'd    The windows, all wide open thrown; And some one in the Study play'd    The Wedding-March of Mendelssohn.

From Angel in the House by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

And in connection with this saint we are told how:—   "The scarlet lychnis, the garden's pride,   Flames at St. John the Baptist's tyde."

From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)

Pink lychnis flowers behind the withy stoles, and little black moorhens swim away, as you gather it, after their mother, who has dived under the water-grass, and broken the smooth surface of the duckweed.

From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard

First comes the orange lilium elegans, then scarlet lychnis and later, tiger lilies.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.