(n)European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America, Syn.corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago
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n. a European annual (Agrostemma githago) having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America. Syn. -- corn cockle, corncockle, corn-cockle, corn campion, Agrostemma githago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]