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Webster 1913 Edition
Campion
Cam′pi-on
,Noun.
[Prob. fr. L.
campus
field.] (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.Webster 1828 Edition
Campion
CAMPION
,Noun.
Definition 2025
campion
campion
See also: campión
English
Red campion, Silene dioica
Noun
campion (plural campions)
- Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
- Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
- 1878, Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Furl of fresh-leaved dogrose down
- Then over his turnèd temples—here—
- Was a rose, or, failing that,
- Rough-Robin or five-lipped campion clear
- For a beauty-bow to his hat
- 1878, Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Furl of fresh-leaved dogrose down
Translations
Lychnis