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ICELAND POPPY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers

Synonyms:

Iceland poppy; Papaver alpinum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Iceland poppy" is a kind of...):

poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)

Holonyms ("Iceland poppy" is a member of...):

genus Papaver; Papaver (type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers

Synonyms:

arctic poppy; Iceland poppy; Papaver nudicaule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Iceland poppy" is a kind of...):

poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)

Holonyms ("Iceland poppy" is a member of...):

genus Papaver; Papaver (type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers)

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