Definition of Scarlet lychnis

1. Noun. Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads.

Exact synonyms: Lychins Chalcedonica, Maltese Cross
Generic synonyms: Catchfly, Lychnis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarlet Lychnis

scarlet
scarlet bugler
scarlet bush
scarlet clematis
scarlet cup
scarlet fever
scarlet fever antitoxin
scarlet fevers
scarlet fritillary
scarlet hamelia
scarlet haw
scarlet letter
scarlet letters
scarlet lychnis (current term)
scarlet maple
scarlet musk flower
scarlet oak
scarlet pimpernel
scarlet plume
scarlet red
scarlet red sulfonate
scarlet runner
scarlet runner bean
scarlet strawberry
scarlet sumac
scarlet tanager
scarlet wisteria tree
scarlet woman

Literary usage of Scarlet lychnis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1891)
"... scarlet lychnis, or Maltese cross, comes from Russia, and grows two to ... .1 DOUBLE scarlet lychnis. ..."

2. 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 ..."

3. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by William Robinson, Esther Baldwin York (1903)
"Its more common name in recent years has been simply that of the " Scarlet Lychnis," a term which expresses graphically, when we are aware of the supposed ..."

4. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"THE scarlet lychnis. ENGRAVINGS.—Bot. Mag. t. 257 ; and oar fig. 1 in Plate 26. SPECIFIC С» »клети! ... The culture of the scarlet lychnis is very simple. ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Here Aristotle and his disciples taught, and were called peripatetics from their habit of walking up and down its porches while lecturing. scarlet lychnis ..."

6. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers ; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1859)
"scarlet lychnis. — This is common in most gardens, under the name of ... One of the most splendid decorations of the border is the Double scarlet lychnis. ..."

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