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单词 corn poppy
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corn poppy


noun

a common Old World poppy, Papaver rhoeas, having bright-red flowers.
Also called field poppy, Flanders poppy.

Origin of corn poppy

First recorded in 1875–80; so called from its growing in grainfields

Words nearby corn poppy

corn oil, corn on the cob, corn picker, corn plant, corn pone, corn poppy, corn-root aphid, corn rootworm, corn rose, cornrow, corn salad
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Example sentences from the Web for corn poppy

  • The corn-poppy was abundant, and many of the trees, flowering bulbs, and plants were identical with those in Pungo Andongo.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone

British Dictionary definitions for corn poppy

corn poppy

noun

a poppy, Papaver rhoeas, that has bright red flowers and grows in cornfields. Since World War I it has been the symbol of fallen soldiersAlso called: coquelicot, Flanders poppy, field poppy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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