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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The fennel-flower, Nigella sativa.
  • noun The corn-cockle, Lychnis Githago.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower.

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