corn poppy
noun
a common Old World poppy, Papaver rhoeas, having bright-red flowers.
Origin of corn poppy
1First recorded in 1875–80; so called from its growing in grainfields
- Also called field poppy, Flanders poppy.
Words Nearby corn poppy
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How to use corn poppy in a sentence
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British Dictionary definitions for corn poppy
corn poppy
noun
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 called: coquelicot, Flanders poppy, field poppy
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