bocconia


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Noun1.bocconia - herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers
poppy - annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
genus Macleaya, Macleaya - a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy
2.bocconia - small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
genus Bocconia - tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya
angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
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Common understory tree and shrub species found in the plantations included Bocconia frutescens (Papaveraceae), Miconia theaezans (Melastomataceae), Palicourea acetosoides (Rubiaceae), Palicourea calophlebia (Rubiaceae), Sapium stylare (Euphorbiaceae).
et Thomas, Chelidonium majus L., Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R.Br, Macleaya microcarpa (Maxim.) Fedde, Sty-lophorum lasiocarpum (Oliv.) Fedde and some species of genus Bocconia. All these species belong to the family Papaveraceae (Dostal and Potatek 1990).
Amarillo (1993) menciona la recoleccion sobre Bocconia frutescens L.
Estudio fitoquimico y biologico de las plantas Argemone mexicana y Bocconia frutescens.
jorullensis, Bocconia arborea, Carpinus caroliniana, C.