tree poppy

tree poppy
noun
evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers
Syn: ↑bush poppy
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Dendromecon, ↑genus Dendromecon

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noun
: any of several shrubby to arborescent California plants of the family Papaveraceae: as

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a Californian shrub, Dendromecon rigida, of the poppy family, having leathery evergreen leaves and showy, usually yellow flowers. Also called bush poppy.
[1865-70, Amer.]

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