Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The popular name of the plant Silene inflata: so called from its inflated calyx.
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Examples
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"integrity of line," while Whinney showed up one morning in the village circle with a splendid blossom of the bladder-campion (_Silene latifolia_) pinned to the center of his helmet.
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