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corn cockle

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corn cockle
n.
A weedy annual Mediterranean plant (Agrostemma githago) having reddish-purple flowers and opposite leaves.
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Noun1.corn cocklecorn cockle - European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
Agrostemma githago, corn campion, crown-of-the-field
Agrostemma, genus Agrostemma - a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants


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But from the air, its traces will surely be seen for ages, and wandering through the meadow that is to replace it, people will be surprised to find corn cockle, vetch, devil's bit scabious, selfheal, agrimony, yarrow, ox-eye daisy and quaking grass: the plants of old England, all strangely gathered within the walls.
Delight by DAVEY, PETER / The Architectural Review
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