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 CarophyllaceaeSee also campion

Words nearby silene

sile, silence, silence is golden, silenced, silencer, silene, silenos, silent, silent alarm, silent area, silent auction

Word Origin for silene

New Latin from Latin silenus viscaria

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Examples from the Web for silene

A shrubby Silene is nearly as tall; and an allied endemic genus, Schiedea, has numerous shrubby species.
Island Life|Alfred Russel Wallace
The corolla shows greater decrease in size in Melandryum and Silene, in diffuse light, though the relative form is maintained.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898|Various
The country was at that time ravaged by a dragon whose lair was a great pond near the royal city of Silene.
Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century|Estelle M. Hurll
Campion, kam′pi-un, n. the common name of plants belonging to the genera Lychnis and Silene.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

It feeds on the roots of seaside campion (Silene maritima), July to September.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series|Richard South