campion
/ˈkæmpɪən/noun
1- a plant of the pink family, typically having pink or white flowers with notched petals, found in both Eurasia and North America剪秋罗。
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- Genera Silene and Lychnis, family Caryophyllaceae.麦瓶草属及剪秋罗属, 石竹科。
词源
mid 16th cent.: perhaps related to CHAMPION. The name was originally used for the rose campion, whose name in Latin (Lychnis coronaria) and Greek (lukhnis stephanōmatikē) means 'campion fit for a crown', and which was said in classical times to have been used for victors' garlands.