bladder campion

Related to bladder campion: white campion

bladder campion

A weedy perennial herb (Silene vulgaris) native to Eurasia, having white flowers with deeply notched petals and a balloonlike, inflated calyx.

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bladder campion

(Plants) a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx

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Noun	1.	bladder campion - perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris campion, catchfly, silene - any plant of the genus Silene
	2.	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 evening lychnis, Lychnis alba, Silene latifolia, white campion, white cockle genus Silene - large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly campion, catchfly, silene - any plant of the genus Silene

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