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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A low-growing plant (Silene acaulis) in the pink family, having pink or violet flowers and forming dense, cushionlike mats in alpine and Arctic regions.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dwarf tufted moss-like plant, with purple flowers, Silene acaulis.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America

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