Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Silene"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{Bon Sil[`e]ne}. See {Sil[`e]ne}, in the Vocabulary.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
silene
n : any plant of the genus Silene [syn: {campion}, {catchfly}]
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