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HORNED POPPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horned poppy mean?
• HORNED POPPY (noun)
The noun HORNED POPPY has 1 sense:
1. yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America
Familiarity information: HORNED POPPY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Glaucium flavum; horn poppy; horned poppy; sea poppy; yellow horned poppy
Hypernyms ("horned poppy" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("horned poppy" is a member of...):
genus Glaucium; Glaucium (herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy)
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