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