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lobel's catchfly — ˈlōbəlz noun Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: after Matthias de Lobel more at lobelia : a European annual herb (Silene armeria) with hollow stems and deep rose flowers that is adventive in eastern No. America called also flybane, garden… … Useful english dictionary
corn catchfly — noun : a European annual herb (Silene armeria) adventive as a garden escape in No. America … Useful english dictionary
Lychnis — flos cuculi (Ragged Robin) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
Château de Chenonceau — The Château de Chenonceau, situated on the Cher River. The Château de Chenonceau (French: [ʃa.to də ʃə.nɔ̃.so]) is a manor house near the small village of Chenonceaux, in the Indre et Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. It was … Wikipedia
Wildflowers of Soldiers Delight — The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about convert|1900|acre|km2 of land in Owings Mills, Maryland, USA. cite web url = http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/soldiers.html title = Soldiers Delight Natural… … Wikipedia
campion — /kam pee euhn/, n. any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene, having white, pink, or reddish flowers. [1570 80; special use of campion, old var. ( < AF) of CHAMPION; cf. Gk (lychnis) stephanomatikós (lychnis) for making garlands,… … Universalium
Campion — /kam pee euhn/, n. Thomas, 1567 1620, English songwriter and poet. * * * Any of the ornamental rock garden or border plants that make up the genus Silene, of the pink family, consisting of about 500 species of herbaceous plants found throughout… … Universalium
rose campion — noun an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers • Syn: ↑mullein pink, ↑gardener s delight, ↑dusty miller, ↑Lychnis coronaria • Hypernyms: ↑lychnis,… … Useful english dictionary
scarlet lychnis — noun Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads • Syn: ↑maltese cross, ↑Lychins chalcedonica • Hypernyms: ↑lychnis, ↑catchfly * * * noun : maltese cross 2 * * * … Useful english dictionary
