Definition of "silene" []

• A molecule containing a silicon atom which forms a double bond (noun)
• An organosilene, a molecule containing a silicon atom doubly bonded to a carbon atom (noun)
• A silicon analog of alkenes containing at least one silicon-silicon double bond. (noun)
• Any of several plants of the genus Silene - the campions (noun)

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• "{32} In speaking of the silene quinque vulneralis, on a previous page, I said that there was no absolute reason why it should not re-appear in the garden of the Victoria Hotel."
• "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, scattered throughout the hedges, called forth the remembrance of the young maiden's rosy lips, and the vernal odor of the leaves appeared to him like an emanation of her graceful and wholesome nature."
• "It is the Oporto silene (S. portensis), a curious growth, a lover of the sea-side dunes, which, though of Portuguese origin, as its name would seem to indicate, ventures inland, even as far as my part of the country, where it represents perhaps a survivor of the coastal flora of what was once a"