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‖ lychnis|ˈlɪknɪs|
Pl. lychnides |ˈlɪknɪdiːz|.
[L., a. Gr. λυχνίς some red flower, f. λύχνος lamp.]
1. Bot. A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, including the Campion and Ragged Robin.
1601Holland Pliny II. 110 As touching Lychnis, that flaming hearbe surnamed Flammea [etc.]. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. May (1679) 17 Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting..yellow Lillies, Lychnis, Jacea, Bellis, double, white and red. 1707–12Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 229 Lychnis or Calcedon are single and double. 1824H. Phillips Flora Hist. II. 183 The Scarlet Lychnis is a perennial plant. 1884Jefferies in Chamb. Jrnl. 1 Mar. 131/1 The pink lychnis or ragged robin grows among the grasses.
2. With defining word, applied by gardeners to various plants of other genera: see quots.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 318 Lychnis, Bastard, Pholx. Lychnis, Wild, Agrostema. 1787tr. Linnæus' Fam. Plants I. 116 Phlox.{ddd}False Lychnis. |
