bladder campion

1. 1.

   perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx

   SynonymsSilene unifloraSilene vulgaris

   Broadersilene
2. 2.

   bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis

   Synonymswhite campionevening lychniswhite cockleSilene latifoliaLychnis alba

   Broadersilene

   Part ofgenus Silene

Questions about bladder campion

What does bladder campion mean?

bladder campion means "perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bladder campion?

Close synonyms include Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris, white campion, evening lychnis, white cockle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bladder campion a common word?

bladder campion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.