PRICKLY POPPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prickly poppy mean? 

• PRICKLY POPPY (noun)
  The noun PRICKLY POPPY has 2 senses:

1. any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America

2. annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit

  Familiarity information: PRICKLY POPPY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRICKLY POPPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

argemone; devil's fig; prickly poppy; white thistle

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prickly poppy"):

Argemone mexicana; Mexican poppy (annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers; southern United States to West Indies and Mexico)

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

genus Argemone (prickly poppies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Papaver argemone; prickly poppy

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

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

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

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