SILENE CAROLINIANA

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Meaning:

Perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters

Synonyms:

Silene caroliniana; wild pink

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Silene caroliniana" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Silene caroliniana" 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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