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SCARLET LYCHNIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scarlet lychnis mean?
• SCARLET LYCHNIS (noun)
The noun SCARLET LYCHNIS has 1 sense:
1. Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
Familiarity information: SCARLET LYCHNIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lychins chalcedonica; maltese cross; scarlet lychnis
Hypernyms ("scarlet lychnis" is a kind of...):
catchfly; lychnis (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)
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