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for Campion
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing
berries regarded as poisonous.
[1913 Webster]
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">Rose campion, a garden plant ({Lychnis coronaria) with
handsome crimson flowers.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
campion
n 1: any plant of the genus Silene [syn: silene, campion,
catchfly]
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
Campion, CO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado
Population (2000): 1832
Housing Units (2000): 653
Land area (2000): 3.773716 sq. miles (9.773880 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.022472 sq. miles (0.058203 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.796188 sq. miles (9.832083 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11590
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.348257 N, 105.089095 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Campion, CO
Campion
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