ORIENTAL POPPY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers

Synonyms:

oriental poppy; Papaver orientale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("oriental poppy" is a kind of...):

poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)

Holonyms ("oriental poppy" is a member of...):

genus Papaver; Papaver (type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers)

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