campion

See also: Campion and campión

English

Red campion, Silene dioica

Wikispecies

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Etymology

Probably related to champion. In classical times, the rose campion was fitted in garlands used to crown victors.

Noun

campion (plural campions)

  1. Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
  2. Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
    • 1878, Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Furl of fresh-leaved dogrose down
      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

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian campione, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campio, campionem, from Frankish *kampijō (or a Lombardic equivalent) from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”); cf. also French champion.

Noun

campion m (plural campioni, feminine equivalent campioană)

  1. champion
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