Campion (redirected from Campions)

Cam·pi·on  (kmp-n), Thomas 1567-1620.

English poet and composer of songs for voice and lute.

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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.

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campion [ˈkæmpɪən]

n

(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]

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Campion [ˈkæmpɪən]

n

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

Thesaurus

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campion - any plant of the genus Silene         catchfly, 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

Translations

campion [ˈkæmpɪən] N → colleja f

campion [ˈkæmpɪən] n white/red campion → licnide f bianca/rossa