n. [ Prob. fr. L. campus field. ] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen. -- Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimson flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America, Syn. corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago