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Definition of Lychnis
1. Noun. Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Lychnis
Specialized synonyms: Cuckoo Flower, Lychins Floscuculi, Lychnis Flos-cuculi, Ragged Robin, Lychins Chalcedonica, Maltese Cross, Scarlet Lychnis, Dusty Miller, Gardener's Delight, Lychnis Coronaria, Mullein Pink, Rose Campion
Definition of Lychnis
1. n. A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceæ). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields.
Definition of Lychnis
1. a flowering plant [n -NISES]
Medical Definition of Lychnis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lychnis
Literary usage of Lychnis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Red German Catchfly, with a double Flower. 16. lychnis ... С. В. P. Campion with
the Face of an Auricula. 18. lychnis marítima ..."
2. Letters on the Elements of Botany: Addressed to a Lady by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Martyn (1787)
"Scarlet lychnis?, commonly cultivated in gardens, has the flowers growing in bunches,
... There is a fort of lychnis commonly wild by water-fides and in ..."
3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"32. /. 11. Nat. of Africa. Gigantic Catchfly. Fl. June and July. G. H, g . Cult.
1731, by Mr. Ph. Mi'ler. Mill. diet. ed. 1. lychnis 17. crassifolia. 30. ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"The flowers of the lychnis are elegant, and some are even brilliant. The scarlet
lychnis {L. chalcedonica) is a native of Siberia and Japan, ..."
5. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"This is one of the oldest as well as one of the most brilliant of hardy garden
plants. It has been neglected for much less DOUBLE SCARLET lychnis. showy ..."
6. The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by William Curtis (1797)
"С 3 lychnis ALPINA. ALPINE lychnis. and Order. ... kept in pots require to be
regularly watered in dry weather; we have not found this lychnis require an ..."
7. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1819)
"This plant has a near affinity with lychnis chalcedonica, and should be placed
next to it in the system. It may be the tame with the smaller sort recorded ..."
8. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"P. Garden or Role Campion, with a pale-red Flower. i. lychnis; coronaria ...
Zan, Umbelliferous Mountain Campion of Helvetia. 6. lychnis ..."
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