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lychnis

lych.nis \'lik-n*s\ n [NL, genus name, fr. L, a red flower, fr. Gk; akin to 
   Gk lychnos lamp, L]lux light - more at LIGHT : any of a genus (Lychnis) of 
   herbs of the pink family with terminal  cymes of showy mostly red or white 
   flowers