Crown-of-the-field

2 definitions found

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

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crown-of-the-field
       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
           cockle}, {corn campion}, {Agrostemma githago}]