corn poppy

noun

1. a common Old World poppy, Papaver rhoeas, having bright-red flowers.

corn poppy

noun

1. a poppy, Papaver rhoeas, that has bright red flowers and grows in cornfields. Since World War I it has been the symbol of fallen soldiers Also calledcoquelicotFlanders poppyfield poppy

Word History and Origins

Origin of corn poppy¹

First recorded in 1875–80; so called from its growing in grainfields

Example Sentences

The corn-poppy was abundant, and many of the trees, flowering bulbs, and plants were identical with those in Pungo Andongo.

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I believe the common corn-poppy has been seen indigenous in Sicily.

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