Agrostemma

agrostemma

(ˌæɡrəʊˈstɛmə) n1. (Plants) See corncockle2. (Plants) See silene[New Latin, from Greek agros a field + stemma a garland]

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Agrostemma - a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cocklesgenus Agrostemmacaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowerscarnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)Agrostemma githago, corn campion, corn cockle, crown-of-the-field - European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America

Agrostemma

a genus of annual herbaceous plants of the family Caryophyllaceae. The flowers have five petals and are large; there is only one flower at the end of a peduncle. The calyx has long tooth-like projections; the fruit is a capsule. There are three species in Eurasia. In the USSR there are two species. Corn cockle (A. githago) is a very hairy plant with dark pink and, sometimes, white flowers and seeds with pointed tubercles. It is a harmful weed that is found everywhere and, occasionally, in fields of rye, wheat, and oats. In the Volga region A. linicola is also found, growing as a weed in fields of flax; its corolla usually has green spots, and the seeds are smaller and have blunt tubercles or are smooth. The seeds of Agrostemma are poisonous and, when found in flour, are dangerous to both man and animals.

REFERENCE

Kott, S. A. Sornye rasteniia i bor’ba s nimi, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1961.

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noun a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles

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