silene inflata

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silene inflata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Spattling-poppy \Spat"tling-pop"py\, n. [Prov. E. spattle to
     spit + E. poppy.] (Bot.)
     A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes
     frothy from the action of captured insects.
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  Knapbottle \Knap"bot`tle\, n. (Bot.)
     The bladder campion (Silene inflata).
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  Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
     papaver.] (Bot.)
     Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy
     polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species
     (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the
     species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the
     plant. See Illust. of Capsule.
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     California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
        genus Eschscholtzia.
  
     Corn poppy. See under Corn.
  
     Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.
  
     Poppy bee (Zool.), a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa  papaveris
        ) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for
        the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.
        
  
     Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a
        yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly
        as a thistle.
  
     Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy (Papaver  somniferum
        ).
  
     Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (Silene  inflata
        ). See Catchfly.
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  Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an
     herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.)
        (a) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
        (b) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called
            Silene inflata.
        (c) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.
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  Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
     A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing
     berries regarded as poisonous.
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     Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus  Behen
         or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx.
        See Behen.
  
     Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with
        handsome crimson flowers.
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