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noun
A flowering plant, Silene latifolia, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to most of Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: evening lychnis, white cockle, bladder campion, Silene latifolia, Lychnis alba
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: silene, campion, catchfly
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