'California poppy' definitions:
Definition of 'California poppy'
From: WordNet
noun
Of Pacific coast of North America; widely cultivated for its yellow to red flowers [syn: California poppy, Eschscholtzia californica]
Definition of 'California poppy'
From: GCIDE
- Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule. [1913 Webster]
- California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.
- Corn poppy. See under Corn.
- Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.
- Poppy bee (Zool.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.
- Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle.
- Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy ({Papaver somniferum}).
- Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene ({Silene inflata}). See Catchfly. [1913 Webster] Poppy