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MECONOPSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpic

Synonyms:

genus Meconopsis; Meconopsis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Meconopsis" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Meconopsis"):

blue poppy; Meconopsis betonicifolia (Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes)

Meconopsis cambrica; Welsh poppy (widely cultivated west European plant with showy pale yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Meconopsis" is a member of...):

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)

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