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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A weedy annual Mediterranean plant (Agrostemma githago) in the pink family, having reddish-purple flowers and narrow opposite leaves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
cockle , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
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