red campion
- noun
- UK
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campion rojo
- Look at that red campion!
Examples
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The red campion is especially beautiful in woodland clearings during late spring.
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Children love to pick the red campion flowers along the country lanes.
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She planted several red campion among the bluebells to add a splash of color to her garden.
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I spotted a beautiful red campion in the garden.
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The vibrant red campion flowers bloomed beautifully along the edge of the woodland.
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During our hike, we spotted clusters of red campion adding a splash of color to the green landscape.
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In the garden, the red campion attracted many bees and butterflies with its bright petals.
Synonyms
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A plant with bright flowers that grows in meadows and fields
A European plant that lives two years and has bright pink or red flowers that attract bees
A wild plant with red or pink flowers that grows near woods and hedges
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward modifier + noun construction: 'red' simply specifies the color of the plant 'campion', so the meaning is directly derivable as 'a campion that is red'. Color + noun combinations are cross-linguistically common and follow basic compositional rules, making this immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Red campion comes from a simple picture: campion was a name for a wild flower that grew in 'fields', and red describes its bright pink-red blossoms. So the name means a field flower with red blooms.