SCARLET LYCHNIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads

Synonyms:

Lychins chalcedonica; maltese cross; scarlet lychnis

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("scarlet lychnis" is a kind of...):

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

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