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Definition of Rose campion
1. Noun. An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers.
Generic synonyms: Catchfly, Lychnis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rose Campion
Literary usage of Rose campion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flowers and their associations by Anne Pratt (1840)
"... VARIETIES OF CARNATION rose campion LYCHNIS CHICKWEED—SOAPWORT SPURREY. "
The curious choice clove July-flower." " I would rather see thyme and roses, ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 50(J. Curtis magaz. 205- Smooth-leaved rose campion. Nat.
of Sicily and the Levant. Cult. 1713. ..."
3. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"A. corona- ria, rose-campion : 3. A. flos jovis: and 4. ... but they are not much
esteemed, as the double rose-campion, which is a fine flower, has excluded ..."
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