corn campion
- noun
- UK
:
campion de maíz
- The corn campion is known for its striking reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seeds.
Examples
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The field was dotted with corn campion blooming among the wheat.
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Gardeners often remove corn campion to prevent its spread in wildflower meadows.
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The corn campion blooms beautifully in the summer.
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I spotted a corn campion while hiking in the countryside.
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Gardeners often remove corn campion to prevent its spread in wildflower meadows.
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The corn campion is known for its striking reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seeds.
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The field was dotted with corn campion blooming among the wheat.
Synonyms
A plant with bright purple, trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous seeds that grows in grain fields and roadsides
A plant from Europe that lives one year, with purple trumpet flowers and poisonous seeds
A plant with large reddish-purple trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous seeds that grows in fields and roadsides
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound denotes a type of campion associated with corn (cereal) fields, so a learner who knows 'corn' (a cereal crop/field) and 'campion' (a flowering plant) can infer it is a plant found in or near grainfields. This follows regular English compounding patterns and is therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner familiar with the constituent words.
Etymology
Corn campion comes from a simple picture: a campion flower growing in corn fields. Here 'corn' means 'grain', so the name points to a common wildflower often found in grain fields and roadsides.
