Definition of corncockle in English:

corncockle

nounˈkɔːnkɒkl

A pink-flowered Mediterranean plant introduced into Britain, where it became a cornfield weed. It has since been almost eradicated because its poisonous seeds contaminate flour.
麦仙翁
Agrostemma githago, family Caryophyllaceae
Example sentencesExamples
- Other imports include the poisonous corncockle from the Mediterranean, the Himalayan balsam and the New Zealand willowherb, an aggressive weed.
- And some of them, such as poppies, cornflowers and corncockles are exquisitely beautiful as well.
- An arable area at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens - part of the Go Wild festival - includes a crop with key colourful plants like common poppy, corn marigold and corncockle, plus some clover and a ‘game strip’ down one side.
- In many ways this is rural France's most appealing region, an area of winding back roads, of lost-and-gone hamlets, of tree-smothered hills and of wheat fields bright with poppies and corncockles.
- The flowers of the corncockle have undivided petals and are reddish-purple.

Origin

Early 18th century: from corn¹ + cockle (from Old English coccul 'corncockle', perhaps via Latin from Greek kokkos 'berry').

词汇	corncockle
释义	Definition of corncockle in English: corncockle nounˈkɔːnkɒkl A pink-flowered Mediterranean plant introduced into Britain, where it became a cornfield weed. It has since been almost eradicated because its poisonous seeds contaminate flour. 麦仙翁 Agrostemma githago, family Caryophyllaceae Example sentencesExamples Other imports include the poisonous corncockle from the Mediterranean, the Himalayan balsam and the New Zealand willowherb, an aggressive weed. And some of them, such as poppies, cornflowers and corncockles are exquisitely beautiful as well. An arable area at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens - part of the Go Wild festival - includes a crop with key colourful plants like common poppy, corn marigold and corncockle, plus some clover and a ‘game strip’ down one side. In many ways this is rural France's most appealing region, an area of winding back roads, of lost-and-gone hamlets, of tree-smothered hills and of wheat fields bright with poppies and corncockles. The flowers of the corncockle have undivided petals and are reddish-purple. Origin Early 18th century: from corn¹ + cockle (from Old English coccul 'corncockle', perhaps via Latin from Greek kokkos 'berry').
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