field poppy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2018
Even when the red is very intense, as in the common field poppy, the pleasing expression of purple on red is very evident.
From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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.
From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard
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