corncockle

British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

This includes cornflowers, corncockle and corn marigold - what he terms the iconic British countryside flowers.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

“You can only get corncockle at a local farm,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2023

Here you may walk many miles and even wait several harvests to see a corncockle.

From Round About a Great Estate by Jefferies, Richard

But we do the corncockle in our fields.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

Then convolvulus grew over the thin screen, a corncockle stood up taller than the hedge itself; in time of harvest, yellow St. John's wort flowered beside it, and later on, bunches of yellow-weed.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard