HyperDic: corn_cockle

English > 1 sense of the expression corn cockle:
NOUNplantcorn cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githagoEuropean annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed
English > corn cockle: 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 campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago
Member ofAgrostemma, genus AgrostemmaA caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
BroaderweedAny plant that crowds out cultivated plants

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