| genus lychnis | (n) genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly |
| lychnis | (n) mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone, Syn. catchfly |
| scarlet lychnis | (n) Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads, Syn. maltese cross, Lychins chalcedonica |
| mullein pink | (n) an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers, Syn. gardener's delight, dusty miller, rose campion, Lychnis coronaria |
| ragged robin | (n) common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals, Syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi, Lychins floscuculi, cuckoo flower |
| red campion | (n) biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis, Syn. red bird's eye, Lychnis dioica, Silene dioica |
| white campion | (n) bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis, Syn. Silene latifolia, white cockle, evening lychnis, Lychnis alba, bladder campion |