evening campion

noun

1. a sticky, hairy European weed, Silene alba, of the pink family, having night-blooming, fragrant flowers, the male and female of which grow on separate plants.

Example Sentences

Then there is the white or evening campion of our hedgerows, which opens generally in the twilight, sending forth a perfume.

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The third example offered is a hairless variety of the evening campion, Lychnis vespertina, found the same year, which hitherto had not been observed.

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