The Collaborative International Dictionary
Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family ( Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.
Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family ( Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen.
Rose campion, a garden plant ( Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimson flowers.
Wiktionary
n. A perennial European herb, (taxlink Silene vulgaris species noshow=1), having an inflated calyx
WordNet
n. perennial of arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx [syn: Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris]
bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis [syn: white campion, evening lychnis, white cockle, Silene latifolia, Lychnis alba]
Wikipedia
- redirect Silene vulgaris