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campion
any of various caryophyllaceous plants of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having red, pink, or white flowers -
scarlet lychnis
a plant, Lychnis chalcedonica, of the pink family, having scarlet or sometimes white flowers, the arrangement and shape of the petals resembling a Maltese cross. -
catchfly
any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped -
flower-of-jove
a white, woolly plant, Lychnis flos-jovis, of the pink family, having red or purple flowers in dense clusters. -
jerusalem cross
a cross whose four arms are each capped with a crossbar and often with a small Greek cross centered in each quadrant. -
maltese cross
a cross having four equal arms that expand in width outward.