melampyre|ˈmɛlæmpaɪə(r)| [f.mod.L. Melampyrum, the generic name of cow-wheat: see melampyrin.] = cow-wheat. 1905E. Phillpotts Secret Woman iii. v. 244 The melampyre's lemon blossoms and the orange stars of the woody loosestrife mingled close at hand.