moss campion

English

moss campion (Silene acaulis)

Noun

moss campion (plural moss campions)

1. a campion of species Silene acaulis, in the family Caryophyllaceae.

   Synonym: cushion pink

   • 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 474:

     Huge masses of grey marble, or a dark granite, frowned above his head; whose crevices, here and there, afford a scanty subsistence to lichens and moss campion […] .

Translations

Silene acaulis

• Icelandic: lambagras (is) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fjellsmelle m or f

  Nynorsk: fjellsmelle f

• Polish: lepnica bezłodygowa f

References

• “moss campion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• moss campion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Silene acaulis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Silene acaulis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons