Cam·pi·on (k m p - n), Thomas 1567-1620. English poet and composer of songs for voice and lute. |
| cam·pi·on (kmp-n) n. Any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and having variously colored flowers with notched or fringed petals. [Origin unknown.] |
campion [ˈkæmpɪən]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various caryophyllaceous plants of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having red, pink, or white flowers See also bladder campion
[probably from campion, obsolete variant of champion, perhaps so called because originally applied to Lychnis coronaria, the leaves of which were used to crown athletic champions]
Campion [ˈkæmpɪən]
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1. (Biographies / Campion, Edmund, Saint (1540-1581) M, English, RELIGION: Jesuit, RELIGION: martyr, RELIGION: saint) Saint Edmund. 1540-81, English Jesuit martyr. He joined the Jesuits in 1573 and returned to England (1580) as a missionary. He was charged with treason and hanged
2. (Biographies / Campion, Jane (1954 F, New Zealand, FILMS AND TV: director, FILMS AND TV: writer) Jane. born 1954, New Zealand film director and screenwriter: her films include An Angel at My Table (1990), The Piano (1993), and Holy Smoke (1999)
3. (Biographies / Campion, Thomas (1567-1620) M, English, WRITING: poet, MUSIC: musician) Thomas. 1567-1620, English poet and musician, noted particularly for his songs for the lute
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| Noun | 1. |  campion - any plant of the genus Silene flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Silene - large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly moss campion, Silene acaulis - tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America Silene caroliniana, wild pink - perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters Lychnis dioica, red bird's eye, red campion, Silene dioica - biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis evening lychnis, Lychnis alba, Silene latifolia, white campion, white cockle, bladder campion - bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis fire pink, Silene virginica - perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals bladder campion, Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris - perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx |
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