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corncockle
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈkɔːnˌkɒk.əl/ us /ˈkɔːrn.kɑː.kəl/
a wild plant with purple-pink flowers that grows in fields among crops, and sometimes in gardens:
Corncockles are now among the rarest of Britain's wild flowers.
Some of Britain's rarest flowers, such as corncockle, have been pushed to the edge of extinction by intensive agriculture.
Artificial meadows featuring annuals such as poppies, cornflowers, and corncockles have replaced many traditional park bedding schemes.
This corncockle has pale-pink, open flowers, and will keep going throughout the summer.
Fields of spring barley were dotted with blue cornflowers and pink corncockles.
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