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MEXICAN TULIP POPPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mexican tulip poppy mean?
• MEXICAN TULIP POPPY (noun)
The noun MEXICAN TULIP POPPY has 1 sense:
1. native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage
Familiarity information: MEXICAN TULIP POPPY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
golden cup; Hunnemania fumariifolia; Mexican tulip poppy
Hypernyms ("Mexican tulip poppy" is a kind of...):
poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)
Holonyms ("Mexican tulip poppy" is a member of...):
genus Hunnemania; Hunnemannia (one species: golden cup)
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