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noun, masculine

silène

/si.lɛn/

noun, masculine/si.lɛn/plural: silènes

silen; campion (of the genus Silene); great banded grayling (Brintesia circe)

From Middle French silene, from Latin sīlēnus (“silen”), named after Sīlēnus (“Silenus”), from Ancient Greek Σῑληνός (Sīlēnós).