corncockle
Meaning of corncockle
noun
a pink-flowered Mediterranean plant introduced into Britain, where it became a cornfield weed. It has since been almost eradicated because its poisonous seeds contaminate flour.
early 18th century: from corn1 + cockle (from Old English coccul ‘corncockle’, perhaps via Latin from Greek kokkos ‘berry’).
Information about corncockle
- It is a name.
- The plural form of corncockle is: corncockles.
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Hyphenation of corncockle
corn-cockle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- corncockle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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