BLADDER CAMPION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bladder campion mean? 

• BLADDER CAMPION (noun)
  The noun BLADDER CAMPION has 2 senses:

1. perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx

2. bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis

  Familiarity information: BLADDER CAMPION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLADDER CAMPION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bladder campion; Silene uniflora; Silene vulgaris

Hypernyms ("bladder campion" is a kind of...):

campion; catchfly; silene (any plant of the genus Silene)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bladder campion; evening lychnis; Lychnis alba; Silene latifolia; white campion; white cockle

Hypernyms ("bladder campion" is a kind of...):

campion; catchfly; silene (any plant of the genus Silene)

Holonyms ("bladder campion" is a member of...):

genus Silene (large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly)