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crown-of-the-field
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crown-of-the-field, n.
a European annual (Agrostemma githago ) having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America. [WordNet 1.5]
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