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WESTERN POPPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does western poppy mean?
• WESTERN POPPY (noun)
The noun WESTERN POPPY has 1 sense:
1. showy annual of California with red flowers
Familiarity information: WESTERN POPPY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showy annual of California with red flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Papaver californicum; western poppy
Hypernyms ("western poppy" is a kind of...):
poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)
Holonyms ("western 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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