lychnis noun. ['lɪknɪs] E17.
[Latin from Greek lukhnis a red flower, from lukhnos lamp.]
Any of various plants of the genus Lychnis, of the pink family, including ragged robin (L. flos-cuculi) and some campions. Also (with specifying word), any of certain similar plants.
evening lychnis N. Amer. the Old World white campion, Silene alba, introduced in N. America. scarlet lychnis N. Amer. a red-flowered Russian lychnis, L. chalcedonica, introduced in N. America.

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