crown-of-the-field (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *crown-of-the-field*:
NOUN	plant	crown-of-the-field, corn cockle, corn campion, Agrostemma githago	European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed

English > *crown-of-the-field*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America.
Synonyms	corn cockle, corn campion, Agrostemma githago
Member of	Agrostemma, genus Agrostemma	A caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
Broader	weed	Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

HyperDic: crown-of-the-field