Definition of Silene virginica

1. Noun. Perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals.

Exact synonyms: Fire Pink
Group relationships: Genus Silene
Generic synonyms: Campion, Catchfly, Silene

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silene Virginica

Siirt
Sikar
Sikh
Sikhism
Sikhs
Sikkim
Sikorsky
Silas
Silastic
Sile
Silene acaulis
Silene caroliniana
Silene dioica
Silene latifolia
Silene uniflora
Silene virginica
Silene vulgaris
Silent Sam
Silenus
Silesia
Silesian
Silesian German
Silesians
Silicon Alley
Silicon Beach
Silicon Fen
Silicon Forest
Silicon Glen
Silicon Hills
Silicon Prairie

Literary usage of Silene virginica

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

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1909)
"Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, in his Collections for an Essay towards a Materia Medica of the United States, says: "The silene virginica, or ground pink, ..."

2. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"silene virginica Linne.—Fire Pink, Catch Fly. Description.—Calyx : sepals united, forming an oblong-cylindrical tube, 5-toothed at the apex, ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... wooded slopes, roadside banks and barrens. silene virginica L. Fire pink Herbaceous perennial Upland woods, wooded slopes and stream banks. ..."

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