campion

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkæmpiən/

Definition of campion

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
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noun

  1. Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
  2. Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
    “Then over his turnèd temples—here— / Was a rose, or, failing that, / Rough-Robin or five-lipped campion clear / For a beauty-bow to his hat, […]”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname from Anglo-Norman.
  2. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
  3. (countable, uncountable)An abandoned townsite, now a locality in the Shire of Nungarin in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.

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Etymology

Likely from Middle English campion, a variant of champioun; see champion. In classical times, the rose campion was fitted in garlands used to crown victors.

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