Agrostemma


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agrostemma

(ˌæɡrəʊˈstɛmə)
n
1. (Plants) See corncockle
2. (Plants) See silene
[New Latin, from Greek agros a field + stemma a garland]
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Noun1.agrostemma - a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cocklesAgrostemma - a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
genus Agrostemma
caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
Agrostemma githago, corn campion, corn cockle, crown-of-the-field - European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
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