'Silene inflata' definitions:
Definition of 'Silene inflata'
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- Knapbottle \Knap"bot`tle\, n. (Bot.) The bladder campion (Silene inflata). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Silene inflata'
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- Spattling-poppy \Spat"tling-pop"py\, n. [Prov. E. spattle to spit + E. poppy.] (Bot.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Silene inflata'
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- Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule. [1913 Webster]
- California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.
- Corn poppy. See under Corn.
- Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.
- Poppy bee (Zool.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.
- Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle.
- Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy ({Papaver somniferum}).
- Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene ({Silene inflata}). See Catchfly. [1913 Webster] Poppy
Definition of 'Silene inflata'
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- Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.) (a) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury. (b) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata. (c) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Silene inflata'
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- 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]