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n. - Large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors.

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  • He discovered the liquid light of her dark eyes in the rippling darkness of the streams; the lilies recalled the faintly tinted paleness of her cheeks; the silene roses,...
  • At the extreme ends were round pieces of bon silene roses and lilies of the valley.
  • And I found what is professed to be a Zone-4-hardy raspberry-pink silene (catchfly).
  • Cesta na Lombok nam trvala 24 hodin, nejdriv jsme jeli transferem do Sape na Sumbawe, je to jenom 70km, ale lode jsou tu silene pomale a trvalo to 8 hodin.
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