SILENE VIRGINICA

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Meaning:

Perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals

Synonyms:

fire pink; Silene virginica

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("Silene virginica" 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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