Definition of Agrostemma githago

1. Noun. European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America.

Exact synonyms: Corn Campion, Corn Cockle, Crown-of-the-field
Group relationships: Agrostemma, Genus Agrostemma
Generic synonyms: Weed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agrostemma Githago

Agriocharis ocellata
Agrippa
Agrippina
Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the Younger
Agrobacterium tumifaciens
Agropyron
Agropyron cristatum
Agropyron intermedium
Agropyron pauciflorum
Agropyron repens
Agropyron smithii
Agropyron subsecundum
Agropyron trachycaulum
Agrostemma
Agrostemma githago
Agrostis
Agrostis alba
Agrostis canina
Agrostis nebulosa
Agrostis palustris
Aguaruna
Aguascalientes
Agul
Aguly
Aguste
Ah Puch
Ahab
Ahabian

Literary usage of Agrostemma githago

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Seeds numerous, black. [Greek. a field-garland.] Two known species, natives of Europe and Asia, the following typical. 1. agrostemma githago L. Corn Cockle. ..."

2. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"agrostemma githago, L. (cockle or corn-cockle). —The large, characteristic seed, of a dull black colour, beset with fine protuberances, and having obtuse ..."

3. The Flora of Berkshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the by George Claridge Druce (1897)
"agrostemma githago. Too common, Major's Ayr. Berks, 1809. 1. Isis. Pusey, Boswell. Carswell, Miss M. Niren. ... This is probably the Agrostemma- Githago, ..."

4. The Chemical Gazette, Or, Journal of Practical Chemistry, in All Its by William Francis, Henry Croft (1850)
"Nearly seventeen years ago I undertook an examination of the seeds of the corn cockle, agrostemma githago. The memoir upon them was not however published ..."

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