bladder campion n 1: perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx [syn: {bladder campion}, {Silene uniflora}, {Silene vulgaris}] 2: bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis [syn: {white campion}, {evening lychnis}, {white cockle}, {bladder campion}, {Silene latifolia}, {Lychnis alba}]
Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus bacciferus}), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. [1913 Webster] {Bladder campion}, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus Behen} or {Silene inflata}), having a much inflated calyx. See {Behen}. {Rose campion}, a garden plant ({Lychnis coronaria}) with handsome crimson flowers. [1913 Webster]