policeman's helmet

British  

noun

1. a Himalayan balsaminaceous plant, Impatiens glandulifera, with large purplish-pink flowers, introduced into Britain

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Example Sentences

He estimated there was up to 7,000 bees and said the swarm resembled a "policeman's helmet".

From BBC

One of the more intriguing examples is a rosy-cheeked boy dressed in a Red Guard uniform who holds a rifle in one hand, a red book in the other, and presses one foot firmly down on the head of an American soldier with a military policeman’s helmet.

From New York Times

A policeman’s helmet, and several items marking his association with blindness charities.

From The Guardian

Television cameras captured one fan hiding a policeman's helmet under his jacket as some kind of souvenir.

From The Guardian

His enduring images include the arrest of Arthur Scargill; the launch of the Women Against Pit Closures movement; and a smiling pit striker named Geordie Brealey wearing a toy policeman's helmet as he "inspects" battalions of police officers lined up against pickets at Orgreave cokeworks.

From The Guardian