evening campion

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

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

From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)

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

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de