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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cam·pi·on n.  Bot. A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.
 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 bladder campion
      n 1: perennial of arctic Europe having large white flowers with
           inflated calyx [syn: Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris]
      2: bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large
         evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx;
         sometimes placed in genus Lychnis [syn: white campion, evening
          lychnis, white cockle, Silene latifolia, Lychnis
          alba]