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corncockle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From corn + cockle.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: neguilla — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Basque: beltxata — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Belarusian: куколь (kukólʹ) — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Bulgarian: къклица (kǎklica) — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Catalan: niella — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Czech: koukol — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Dutch: bolderik — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Erzya: макоро (makoro) — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Esperanto: agrostemo — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Estonian: harilik äiakas — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Estonian: nisulill — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Finnish: aurankukka — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • French: nielle — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • German: Kornrade — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Ancient Greek: ἱερακοπόδιον (hierakopódion) — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Hungarian: konkoly — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Irish: diasa fia — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Italian: agrostemma — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Norman: nêle — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Polish: kąkol — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Romanian: neghină — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Russian: куколь (kukolʹ) — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Serbo-Croatian: кукољ — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Serbo-Croatian: kukolj — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Slovak: kúkoľ — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Slovene: kokalj — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Slovene: kokolj — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Lower Sorbian: kukel — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Upper Sorbian: kukel — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Spanish: neguilla — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Swedish: klätt — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Turkish: karamuk — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Turkish: acımık — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Ukrainian: кукіль (kukilʹ) — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Welsh: bulwg — plant of the genus Agrostemma
  • Yiddish: טויבן־קאָרן (toybn-korn) — plant of the genus Agrostemma