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white campion

noun

Definition of white campion 

: any of several white-flowered herbs: such as

a : a viscid-pubescent European herb (Lychnis alba) with fragrant flowers

— called also white cockle

b : starry campion

c : snowy campion

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1578, in the meaning defined above

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