Silene

Etymology
Feminine form of Silenus, a Greek woodland deity, who was described as covered in foam; possibly an allusion to the sticky foam covering some Silene species

Hypernyms

 * ; - tribe

Hyponyms

 * - type species; for other species see

Coordinate terms

 * (corncockles),, , , (campion, catchfly), ,  (campion),  (catchfly) - genera