White Campion (Noun)
Meaning
Bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The white campion is often found in dry, open spaces, meadows, and verges in the lower mountains.
- The plant produces delicate white flowers which are inflated like tiny lanterns and start to bloom in late May.
- The name 'white campion' is often applied to plants that have clusters of large evening-opening flowers on sticky stems.
- By evening, the white campion flowers have opened wide, and they begin to release their heady fragrance into the air.
- She wore a hair tie adorned with dried white campion blooms, carefully arranged to resemble the field where they bloomed every summer.