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bladder campion

bladder campion

9.9
A European wildflower with white, balloon-like flowers and blue-green leaves
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : campion de vejiga
  • The meadow was dotted with the delicate white blooms of bladder campion swaying gently in the evening breeze.

Examples

  • Gardeners sometimes plant bladder campion for its ornamental value and ability to attract pollinators.

  • Botanists identify bladder campion by its characteristic inflated calyx and pale flowers.

  • The bladder campion blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • I spotted a bladder campion while hiking in the hills.

  • The meadow was dotted with the delicate white blooms of bladder campion, swaying gently in the evening breeze.

  • Gardeners often plant bladder campion to enhance the beauty of their gardens and attract various pollinators.

  • Botanists identify bladder campion by its characteristic inflated calyx and pale flowers.

Synonyms

Silene vulgaris
vsbladder campion
  • Specialized
9.8

A plant that lives many years with large white flowers and a balloon-shaped cup under each flower

is the common everyday name used in ordinary speech

Surface Forms

bladder campion singular
bladder campions plural

Morphology

bladder + campion

The name is compositionally descriptive: 'bladder' (a sac-like inflated organ) + 'campion' (a type of flowering plant) yields a plant characterized by bladder-like, inflated calyces. Such descriptive compound names for plants are cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Bladder campion gets its name from the plant's flowers: each has a round, hollow part that looks like a small bladder or 'balloon', and campion was an old word for a wild flower, so the name points to this plant's swollen white blooms.