a perennial W European papaveraceous plant, Meconopsis cambrica, with large yellow flowers
Welsh poppy in American English
noun
a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers
Word origin
[1735–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1735–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: butternut, loggia, tandem, tutorial, washboard