Flanders poppy

Flanders poppy
noun
annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated
Hypernyms: ↑poppy
Member Holonyms: ↑Papaver, ↑genus Papaver

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized F

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Flanders poppy
An emblem, from World War I, of the fallen British soldiers
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Main Entry:poppy

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Flanders poppy,
the common field poppy of European cornfields; corn poppy; coquelicot. The Flanders poppy is a historic emblem or symbol of those who were killed in World War I.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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