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Noun: bladder campion  'bla-dur 'kam-pee-un
  1. Perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx
    - Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris
     
  2. Bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
    - white campion, evening lychnis, white cockle, Silene latifolia, Lychnis alba

Derived forms: bladder campions

Type of: campion, catchfly, silene

Part of: genus Silene

Encyclopedia: Bladder campion