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campion

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Cam=pi=on

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun campion has 1 sense

campion(n = noun.plant) catchfly, silene - any plant of the genus Silene; Array

is a kind of flower

is a member of genus silene

has particulars: moss campion, silene acaulis, silene caroliniana, wild pink, lychnis dioica, red bird's eye, red campion, silene dioica, bladder campion, evening lychnis, lychnis alba, silene latifolia, white campion, white cockle, fire pink, silene virginica, bladder campion, silene uniflora, silene vulgaris

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CIDE DICTIONARY

campion, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.].

A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. [1913 Webster]

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.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

campion, n.
1 any plant of the genus Silene, with usu. pink or white notched flowers.
2 any of several similar cultivated plants of the genus Lychnis.

Etymology

perh. f. obs. campion f. OF, = CHAMPION: transl. of Gk lukhnis stephanomatike a plant used for (champions') garlands

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