corncockle

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noun

Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family.

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Meanings

nouncorncockle (plural corncockles)

plural corncockles

  1. Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family.

Origin

From corn + cockle.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἱερακοπόδιον
  • ἱερακοπόδιον (hierakopódion)plant of the genus Agrostemma
Basque beltxata
  • beltxataplant of the genus Agrostemma
Bulgarian къклица
  • къклица (kăklica)plant of the genus Agrostemma
Catalan niella
  • niellaplant of the genus Agrostemma
Czech koukol
  • koukolplant of the genus Agrostemma
Dutch bolderik
  • bolderikplant of the genus Agrostemma
Esperanto agrostemo
  • agrostemoplant of the genus Agrostemma
Estonian harilik äiakas, nisulill
  • harilik äiakasplant of the genus Agrostemma
  • nisulillplant of the genus Agrostemma
Finnish aurankukka
  • aurankukkaplant of the genus Agrostemma
French nielle
  • nielleplant of the genus Agrostemma
German Kornrade
  • Kornradeplant of the genus Agrostemma
Hungarian konkoly
  • konkolyplant of the genus Agrostemma
Irish diasa fia
  • diasa fiaplant of the genus Agrostemma
Italian agrostemma
  • agrostemmaplant of the genus Agrostemma
Polish kąkol
  • kąkolplant of the genus Agrostemma
Romanian neghină
  • neghinăplant of the genus Agrostemma
Russian куколь
  • куколь (kukolʹ)plant of the genus Agrostemma
Slovak kúkoľ
  • kúkoľplant of the genus Agrostemma
Spanish neguilla
  • neguillaplant of the genus Agrostemma
Swedish klätt
  • klättplant of the genus Agrostemma
Turkish karamuk, acımık
  • karamukplant of the genus Agrostemma
  • acımıkplant of the genus Agrostemma
Ukrainian кукіль
  • кукіль (kukilʹ)plant of the genus Agrostemma
Welsh bulwg
  • bulwgplant of the genus Agrostemma
Yiddish טויבן־קאָרן
  • טויבן־קאָרן (toybn-korn)plant of the genus Agrostemma
Cite this entry
APA

corncockle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corncockle

MLA

“corncockle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corncockle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corncockle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corncockle.

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