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Webster 1913 Edition
Silene
Si-le′ne
,Noun.
[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 Silène
. See
Silène
, in the Vocabulary.