LYCHNIS FLOS-CUCULI

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Meaning:

Common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals

Synonyms:

cuckoo flower; Lychins floscuculi; Lychnis flos-cuculi; ragged robin

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lychnis flos-cuculi" is a kind of...):

catchfly; lychnis (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)

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