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WOOD POPPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wood poppy mean? 

WOOD POPPY (noun)
  The noun WOOD POPPY has 1 sense:

1. perennial herb native to woodland of the eastern United States having yellow flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WOOD POPPY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial herb native to woodland of the eastern United States having yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

celandine poppy; Stylophorum diphyllum; wood poppy

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

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

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

genus Stylophorum; Stylophorum (wood poppies)


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