Definition of Moss campion

1. Noun. Tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America.

Exact synonyms: Silene Acaulis
Group relationships: Genus Silene
Generic synonyms: Campion, Catchfly, Silene

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moss Campion

mosquitocidal
mosquitocide
mosquitocides
mosquitoed
mosquitoes
mosquitoey
mosquitofish
mosquitofishes
mosquitos
moss
moss-grown
moss-lichen wetland
moss-trooper
moss agate
moss animal
moss campion (current term)
moss family
moss frog
moss genus
moss green
moss lawn
moss locust
moss phlox
moss pink
moss starch
mossback
mossbacked
mossbacks
mossbunker
mossed

Literary usage of Moss campion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"The moss campion will be found by those who climb to great altitudes, ... Surely Wordsworth must have found the moss campion amongst his beloved Grasmere ..."

2. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"Surely Wordsworth must have found the moss campion amongst his beloved ... The moss campion has a very large tap-root, and springing from it are the slender ..."

3. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"Surely Wordsworth must have found the moss campion amongst his beloved ... The moss campion has a very large tap-root, and springing from it are the slender ..."

4. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"The moss campion will be found by those who climb to great altitudes, ... Surely Wordsworth must have found the moss campion amongst his beloved Grasmere ..."

5. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"Surely Wordsworth must have found the moss campion amongst his beloved ... The moss campion has a very large tap-root, and springing from it are the slender ..."

6. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"Surely Wordsworth must have found the moss campion amongst his beloved ... The moss campion has a very large tap-root, and springing from it are the slender ..."

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