Definition of Red campion
1. Noun. Biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis.
Group relationships: Genus Silene
Generic synonyms: Campion, Catchfly, Silene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Campion
Literary usage of Red campion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"Corn Cockle; Corn Rose; Corn or red campion; Crown- of-the-Field Agrostemma Githago Flowers—Magenta or bright purplish crimson, 1 to 3 in. broad, ..."
2. Phyto-theology: Or, Botanical Sketches, Intended to Illustrate the Works of by John Hutton Balfour (1851)
"Seed of red campion (Lychnis), cut vertically, showing the embryo curved round the store of nourishment, which is in the centre. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"WILMSLOW. RED ROCKET, s. the lilac variety of Hesperis matronalis. Common in gardens. RED SOLDIER, s. the red campion, Lycknis diurna. DELAMERE. ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"RED JACK, s. the red campion, Lychnis diurna. ROSTHERNE. RED KNEES, s. the plant Polygonum Persicaria. RED LB (W. CHES.). RED LINNET, s. the goldfinch. ..."
5. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1807)
"The red campion is common under hedges and in other shady and rather moist places, flowering copiously in the spring, and occasionally, when it has been ..."