Silene

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {Bon Sil[`e]ne}. See {Sil[`e]ne}, in the Vocabulary.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  silene
       n : any plant of the genus Silene [syn: {campion}, {catchfly}]