| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| lychnis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lych·nis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l k ns |
| NOUN: | Any of various plants of the genus Lychnis, which includes the campions. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Lychnis, genus name, from Latin lychnis, a red flower, from Greek lukhnis; akin to lukhnos, lamp. See leuk- in Appendix I.
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