scarlet lychnis

American  

noun

1. a plant, Lychnis chalcedonica, of the pink family, having scarlet or sometimes white flowers, the arrangement and shape of the petals resembling a Maltese cross.

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Example Sentences

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

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The scarlet lychnis and its many varieties are nearly past, but the large-flowered, Haag's, and others of that section, are in their prime, and showy plants they are.

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Beds of poppies, hollyhocks, scarlet lychnis, and the most flaming flowers, border the edge of the walks, which extend till the perspective meets, and swarm with ladies and gentlemen in parti-coloured raiment. 

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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."

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

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