corn poppy

Related to corn poppy: red campion, meadow buttercup, lesser knapweed

corn poppy

An annual Eurasian plant (Papaver rhoeas) naturalized in North America and having showy, usually scarlet flowers.

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corn poppy

(Plants) a poppy, Papaver rhoeas, that has bright red flowers and grows in cornfields. Since World War I it has been the symbol of fallen soldiers. Also called: coquelicot, Flanders poppy or field poppy

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corn′ pop`py

a red poppy, Papaver rhoeas, of Europe and Asia, common in grainfields. Also called field poppy.

[1875–80]

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corn poppy - annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated

field poppy, Flanders poppy, Papaver rhoeas

poppy - annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers

genus Papaver, Papaver - type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers

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Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is aptly named for it once dotted the fields of Europe with its brilliant red flowers.

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