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Noun: corn cockle  korn kó-kul
  1. European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
    - corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago

Derived forms: corn cockles

Type of: weed

Part of: Agrostemma, genus Agrostemma

Encyclopedia: Corn cockle