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ARCTIC POPPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arctic poppy mean?
• ARCTIC POPPY (noun)
The noun ARCTIC POPPY has 1 sense:
1. subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers
Familiarity information: ARCTIC POPPY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
arctic poppy; Iceland poppy; Papaver nudicaule
Hypernyms ("arctic poppy" is a kind of...):
poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)
Holonyms ("arctic 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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