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silene

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noun

  1. 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
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Origin of silene1

New Latin from Latin silenus viscaria
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It was raised by Francis Morat, of Louisville, Ky., four years ago; it is also a "sport," and from the old B. silene.

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Conspicuous among other wild flowers are now tall pink silenes, very pretty, while the hedges themselves are ablaze with wild roses.

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He hastily gave her a hybrid plant which his eagle eye had discerned among the growth of silene acaulis and saxifrage, a real miracle developed under the breath of angels.

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Here the silene rears high its head with fringed corolla of scarlet; and there the wild gooseberry dazzles the eye with a perfect shower of tubular flowers of the same bright color.

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At the extreme ends were round pieces of bon silene roses and lilies of the valley.

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