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    LYCHNIS ALBA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnisplay

    Synonyms:

    bladder campion; evening lychnis; Lychnis alba; Silene latifolia; white campion; white cockle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Lychnis alba" is a kind of...):

    campion; catchfly; silene (any plant of the genus Silene)

    Holonyms ("Lychnis alba" is a member of...):

    genus Silene (large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly)

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