- 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]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.