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Noun: white campion  wIt kam-pee-un
  1. 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 bloomed beautifully in the evening garden";
    - evening lychnis, white cockle, bladder campion [US], Silene latifolia, Lychnis alba

Derived forms: white campions

Type of: campion, catchfly, silene

Part of: genus Silene

Encyclopedia: White campion