bocconian.
/bɒˈkəʊnɪə/ A tall herbaceous plant or shrub of the papaveraceous genus of the name, with large lobed leaves and panicles of flowers. The favourite species is B. cordata, with cream-coloured flowers growing on tall stems.
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1867 K. Prosper in Floral World Apr. 107 I have had the honour to introduce the Bocconia to cultivation on the continent... This plant is of most quick growth, the great leaves are deeply notched, and with much of whitish colour. The flowers are like poppies..and the colour rose, or pink, or white.
1902 W. P. Wright Cassell's Dict. Gard. I. 128 The herbaceous Bocconias like a rich, heavy soil.
1961 Times 2 Dec. 11/4 Herbaceous plants such as..bocconias.
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