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silene

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Silene.

  1. borrowed from Silene

Definitions

  1. a molecule containing a silicon atom which forms a double bond

  2. an organosilene, a molecule containing a silicon atom doubly bonded to a carbon atom

  3. a silicon analog of alkenes containing at least one silicon-silicon double bond.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Any of several plants of the genus Silene.

The neighborhood

Derived

silenyl, disilene

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for silene. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA