| NOUN | plant | corn cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago | European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed |
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| Meaning | European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America. | |
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| Synonyms | corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago | |
| Member of | Agrostemma, genus Agrostemma | A caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles |
| Broader | weed | Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants |
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