corn cockle


noun
  1. a plant, Agrostemma githago, of the pink family, having magenta-purple flowers and occurring commonly as a weed among crops of grain.

Origin of corn cockle

1
First recorded in 1705–15

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British Dictionary definitions for corncockle

corncockle

/ (ˈkɔːnˌkɒkəl) /


noun
  1. a European caryophyllaceous plant, Agrostemma githago, that has reddish-purple flowers and grows in cornfields and by roadsides

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