Noun: Agrostemma githago
- European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
"Agrostemma githago once commonly infested wheat fields";
- corn cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-field
Type of: weed
Part of: Agrostemma, genus Agrostemma
Encyclopedia: Agrostemma githago