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[LICHGATE.] lych-nis, 8. [Lat., from Gr. lychnis a plant with a bright scarlet flower, used for garlands. Hooker and Arnott derive it from lychnos a light; because the thick, cottony substance on the leaves of some species, or of a similar plant, have been employed as wicks for lamps.] Bot .: Campion, a genus of Caryophyllacese, suborder Silence. The corolla is monophyllous, tubular, five-toothed; the petals five-clawed, sometimes divided on the limb; stamens, ten; styles, usually five, capsule opening by five or ten teeth. About thirty species are known, all from the northern hemisphere. Rock lychnis: Bot.: The genus Viscaria. *lých'-nīte, s. [Gr. lychnitēs of or like a lamp; lychnos a lamp, a light.] An old name for Parian marble, from its being quarried by lamplight. lych-no-bite, subst . [Gr. lych no bios = living by lamplight; lychnos a lamp, and bios =life.] One who labors or transacts his busine by night, sleep ing by day.