corn cockle

noun

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

First recorded in 1705–15

Words Nearby corn cockle

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How to use corn cockle in a sentence

The stem of the corn cockle is stiff, and it grows very straight.
Flowers Shown to the Children | C. E. Smith
The saponin separated from Saponaria, and from the corn cockle will be here described.
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British Dictionary definitions for corncockle

corncockle

/ (ˈkɔːnˌkɒkəl) /

noun

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

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