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rose-ˈcampion
[f. rose n. + campion2.]
A pretty garden-plant of the genus Lychnis or Agrostemma, having rose-coloured flowers; esp. L. or A. coronaria; mullein-pink.
1530Palsgr. 264/1 Rosecampyon a floure. 1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 79 The third is called Thryallis, and Rosecampi[on] in englishe. 1626Bacon Sylva §560 Plants, that..have a Kinde of Downey or Velvet Rine, upon their Leaves; as Rose-Campion. 1688[see campion2]. 1728Gardiner Rapin on Gardens (ed. 3) i. 35 æthiopis, Woolfbane, red Rose-campions rise. 1786Abercrombie Gard. Assist., Arr. 65 Rose campion (agrostemma). 1866Treas. Bot. 700/2 Coronaria, in which the calyx is thickened in fruit; the Rose Campion (Lychnis coronaria) is a good example. 1872Tennyson Last Tourn. 234 Glowing in all colours, the live grass, Rose-campion,..poppy, glanced About the revels. |
