esch|scholt|zi|a

esch|scholt|zi|a
esch|scholt|zi|a «eh SHOHLT see uh», noun.
any one of a group of plants of the poppy family, native in the western United States, such as the California poppy, with finely divided, light bluish-green leaves and showy yellow or orange flowers.
[< New Latin Eschscholtzia the genus name < Johann F. von Eschscholtz, 1793-1831, a German naturalist]

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