field poppy
Britishnoun
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But the core symbols of the ceremony are spare, as if no gesture can measure up to the memory: a red field poppy and a silence.
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Even when the red is very intense, as in the common field poppy, the pleasing expression of purple on red is very evident.
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The scarlet beans in summer, however, would brighten it up, and field poppies and dandelions sprang up in a quite miraculous way to Hansi's delight.
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Only you must imagine these brocade flowers are real red field poppies, and this sofa is a haycock, just at the back of Copthorne Farm.
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In the centre is the seed vessel, somewhat like an urn; indeed, the yellow poppy resembles the scarlet field poppy, though smaller in width of petal and much more local in habitat.
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