Cam·pi·on n. Bot. A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.
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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bladder campion
n 1: perennial of arctic Europe having large white flowers with
inflated calyx [syn: Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris]
2: bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large
evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx;
sometimes placed in genus Lychnis [syn: white campion, evening
lychnis, white cockle, Silene latifolia, Lychnis
alba]