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Silene

Si*le"ne\, n. [NL., fr. L. Silenus, the attendant of Bacchus.] (Bot.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.

Bon Sil[`e]ne. See Sil[`e]ne, in the Vocabulary.
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silene

noun
any plant of the genus Silene 
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