SileneWordNet Explorer

any plant of the genus Silene

a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly

tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America

perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters

biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis

bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis

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