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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.
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Silène
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Silene
Silene
Translingual
Silene coronaria
Proper noun
Silene f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – some campions and the catchflies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Caryophyllaceae - family
Hyponyms
silene
silene
English
Noun
silene (plural silenes)
- (chemistry) a molecule containing a silicon atom which forms a double bond
- (organic chemistry) an organosilene, a molecule containing a silicon atom doubly bonded to a carbon atom
- (inorganic chemistry) a silicon analog of alkenes containing at least one silicon-silicon double bond.
- (botany) Any of several plants of the genus Silene - the campions
Derived terms
- silenyl
- disilene