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SILENE CAROLINIANA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Silene caroliniana mean?

• SILENE CAROLINIANA (noun)
The noun SILENE CAROLINIANA has 1 sense:

1. perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters

Familiarity information: SILENE CAROLINIANA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SILENE CAROLINIANA (noun)

Sense 1

Silene caroliniana ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Silene caroliniana; wild pink

Hypernyms ("Silene caroliniana" is a kind of...):

campion; catchfly; silene (any plant of the genus Silene)

Holonyms ("Silene caroliniana" is a member of...):

genus Silene (large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly)

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