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Campion

//ˈkæmpiən// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Anglo-Norman. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An abandoned townsite, now a locality in the Shire of Nungarin in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
  2. 2
    any plant of the genus Silene wordnet
  3. 3
    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, […]"

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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