(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:08:10

Si*le"ne (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Silenus, the attendant of Bacchus.] Bot.

A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.

Bon Silene. See Silene, in the Vocabulary.

 

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