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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 Americaplay

  Familiarity information: HORNED POPPY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HORNED POPPY (noun)


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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