Meanings
plural moss campions
- a campion of species Silene acaulis, in the family Caryophyllaceae.
Huge masses of grey marble, or a dark granite, frowned above his head; whose crevices, here and there, afford a scanty subsistence to lichens and moss campion […].
1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 474Synonyms: cushion pink
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna campion of species Silene acaulis, in the family Caryophyllaceae.
More synonyms by meaning
nountuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Icelandic lambagras
- lambagrasSilene acaulis
Norwegian Bokmål fjellsmelle
- fjellsmelleSilene acaulis
Polish lepnica bezłodygowa
- lepnica bezłodygowaSilene acaulis
Cite this entry
moss campion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moss%20campion
“moss campion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moss%20campion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moss campion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moss%20campion.
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