'Lychnis coronaria' definitions:
Definition of 'Lychnis coronaria'
(from WordNet)
noun
An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers [syn: mullein pink, rose campion, gardener's delight, dusty miller, Lychnis coronaria]
Definition of 'Lychnis coronaria'
From: GCIDE
- Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]