GENUS LYCHNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lychnis mean? 

• GENUS LYCHNIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS LYCHNIS has 1 sense:

1. genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly

  Familiarity information: GENUS LYCHNIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LYCHNIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Lychnis" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Lychnis"):

catchfly; lychnis (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)

Holonyms ("genus Lychnis" is a member of...):

carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))