Corncockle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  corncockle \corncockle\ n.
     a European annual ({Agrostemma githago}) having large
     trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a
     common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized
     in America.
  


     Syn: corn cockle, corn-cockle, corn campion,
          crown-of-the-field, {Agrostemma githago}.
          [WordNet 1.5]