HyperDic: agrostemma_githago

English > 1 sense of the expression Agrostemma githago:
NOUNplantAgrostemma githago, corn cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-fieldEuropean annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed
English > Agrostemma githago: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningEuropean annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America.
Synonymscorn cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-field
Member ofAgrostemma, genus AgrostemmaA caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
BroaderweedAny plant that crowds out cultivated plants

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