AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO
Dictionary entry overview: What does Agrostemma githago mean? • AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO (noun)
The noun AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO has 1 sense:
1. European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
Familiarity information: AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO (noun)
Meaning:
European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Agrostemma githago; corn campion; corn cockle; crown-of-the-field
Hypernyms ("Agrostemma githago" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("Agrostemma githago" is a member of...):
Agrostemma; genus Agrostemma (a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles)
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