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