SILENE

Meaning of SILENE in English

noun a genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

SILENE — sīˈlēnē noun Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin silenus silenus 1. capitalized : a very large and widely distributed genus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILENE — (n.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.
Английский словарь Webster
SILENE — ( n. ) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SILENE — n. (Botany) perennial plant that has red or pink flowers; genus of plants that are generally covered with a viscous …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SILENE — Силены
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WILD PINK — noun Date: 1814 catchfly ( Silene caroliniana ) with pink or whitish flowers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CATCHFLY — noun Date: 1597 any of various plants (as of the genera Lychnis and Silene ) of the pink family often …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLADDER CAMPION — noun Date: 1783 an Old World campion ( Silene vulgaris syn. S. cucubalus ) with an inflated calyx introduced into …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAMPION — Any of the ornamental rock-garden or border plants that make up the genus Silene , of the pink family , …
Английский словарь Британика
WINDMILL PINK — noun : a European catchfly ( Silene gallica ) with hairy foliage and small white racemose flowers that is widely …
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WILD PINK — noun 1. a. : an American catchfly of the genus Silene ; especially : a catchfly ( S. caroliniana ) …
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SWISS CATCHFLY — noun Usage: usually capitalized S : a rare catchfly ( Silene vallesia ) of the European Alps with long-peduncled white …
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STARRY CAMPION — noun : a catchfly ( Silene stellata ) of the eastern United States having white somewhat star-shaped flowers
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SNOWY CAMPION — noun : a perennial smooth herb ( Silene nivea ) of the eastern United States with a much-inflated calyx and …
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SLEEPY CATCHFLY — noun : a No. American catchfly ( Silene antirrhina ) with small pink diurnal flowers
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SEA CAMPION — noun : a European maritime perennial herb ( Silene maritima ) with bluish gray foliage and showy trusses of usually …
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ROCK CATCHFLY — noun : a wild pink ( Silene caroliniana )
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NODDING CATCHFLY — noun : a perennial European sticky herb ( Silene nutans )
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NIGHT-FLOWERING CATCHFLY — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- noun : a European herb ( Silene noctiflora ) naturalized in No. America and having fragrant white or pink …
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MOSS CAMPION — noun : a low growing perennial herb ( Silene acaulis ) that has small linear leaves and solitary terminal purplish …
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LYCHNIS — ˈliknə̇s noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a red flower, from Greek; akin to Greek lychnos lamp, leukos bright, white …
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LOBEL'S CATCHFLY — ˈlōbəlz- noun Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: after Matthias de Lobel — more at lobelia : a European annual herb …
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CAMPION — also called Catchfly, common name for ornamental rock-garden or border plants constituting the genus Silene, of the pink family (Caryophyllaceae), …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAMPION — n. Any of the ornamental rock-garden or border plants that make up the genus Silene , of the pink family …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WILD PINK — 1) смолёвка каролинская (Silene caroliniana); смолёвка царская (Silene geria) 2) гвоздика картузианская (Dianthus carthusianorum) 3) см. moss pink 1)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WHITE ROBIN — бот. смолёвка белая (Silene alba), дрёма белая (Silene alba)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WILD PINK — 1) смолёвка каролинская ( Silene caroliniana ) ; смолёвка царская ( Silene geria ) 2) гвоздика картузианская ( Dianthus carthusianorum …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WHITE ROBIN — бот. смолёвка белая ( Silene alba ) , дрёма белая ( Silene alba )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
СМОЛЕВКА ШИРОКОЛИСТНАЯ — 1) bladder campion 2) cowbell 3) (Silene latifolia) devil's-rattlebox(es) 4) (Silene latifolia) knap-bottle 5) rattlebags 6) бот. (Silene latifolia) snapjack
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
СМОЛЕВКА БЕЛАЯ — 1) (Silene alba) bachelor's-button 2) (Silene alba) white campion 3) (Silene alba) evening lychnis 4) бот. (Silene alba) white robin 5) (Silene latifolia) snakeflower 6) …
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
СМОЛЕВКА — 1) бот. (Silene) campion 2) (Silene) catchfly 3) (Pissodes) pine weever
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Webster English vocab

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