Bladder-campion
a European campion, Silene vulgaris (or S. cucubalus), of the pink family, having white flowers with an inflated calyx.
Historical Examples
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) Various
noun
a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
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