campion

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any flowering plant of the genus Lychnis
any flowering plant of the genus Silene
{n} a plant of several kinds
any plant of the genus Silene
Any of the ornamental rock-garden or border plants that make up the genus Silene, of the pink family, consisting of about 500 species of herbaceous plants found throughout the world. The name is also applied to members of the genus Lychnis of the same family. Some species of Silene stand erect; others are spreading plants. The stems often are covered with a sticky material. Some species have solitary flowers; others have branched clusters of red, white, or pink flowers. The fruit is a capsule
A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous
{i} type of plant of the genus Silene and Lychnis (Botany)

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bladder campion
A perennial European herb, Silene vulgaris, having an inflated calyx
sea campion
A flowering plant, Silene maritima

I collected a fine mixed bunch of valerian and thrift and white sea campion.

Jane Campion
born April 30, 1954, Wellington, N.Z. New Zealand film director. After training as a painter in Australia, she studied filmmaking and made several notable short films. Her first feature, Sweetie (1989), was followed by the successful An Angel at My Table (1990). She wrote and directed the internationally acclaimed The Piano (1993) and directed The Portrait of a Lady (1996) and Holy Smoke (1999)
bladder campion
perennial of arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx
bladder campion
A weedy Eurasian perennial herb (Silene vulgaris) having white flowers with deeply notched petals and a balloonlike, inflated calyx
bladder campion
white campion: bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
moss campion
tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America
moss campion
A low-growing plant (Silene acaulis) of cool regions, having purplish-red flowers and forming dense, cushionlike mats
red campion
biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
rose campion
A Eurasian plant (Lychnis coronaria) naturalized in northeast North America, having a dense cover of white, woolly down and rose-red flowers. Also called mullein pink
white campion
bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
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