white cockle

Thân thiện

A gardener carefully removes white cockle from the vegetable patch.

Definition

Noun: 1. A flowering plant: A bluish-green herb characterized by sticky stems and clusters of large, evening-opening white flowers with a notably inflated, balloon-like calyx. It is a species of the campion family. * Scientific name: Silene latifolia subsp. alba (formerly Lychnis alba).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The field was dotted with the distinctive white flowers of the white cockle.
  • Botanists study the white cockle for its unique evening-blooming habit.
  • The white cockle is sometimes considered a weed in agricultural areas.

Advanced Usage

• In botanical classification: The plant has been historically classified under the genus , leading to the synonym . Modern taxonomy typically places it in the genus .
  • The specimen was originally identified as Lychnis alba, a synonym for white cockle.

Variants and Related Words

• Common Names: White campion, evening lychnis.
• Scientific Synonyms: subsp. , .
• Related Species: Red campion (), bladder campion ().

Synonyms

• White campion
• Evening lychnis (descriptive synonym referencing its blooming time)

Notes

• The term "cockle" in this context is a traditional common name for certain plants in the pink or campion family (Caryophyllaceae) and is not related to the marine mollusk of the same name.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• white campion
• evening lychnis
• bladder campion
• Silene latifolia
• Lychnis alba