sea poppy
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noun
Origin of sea poppy
First recorded in 1555–65
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Historical Examples of sea poppy
The gold of the sea-poppy and the pink of the thrift are trifles that are passed unseen.
The Call of the WildflowerHenry S. Salt
On the white beach-sand dried stumps of sea-poppy shivered and chattered.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume EditionRudyard Kipling
Among the stones by the waste places there are pale-green wrinkled leaves, and the large yellow petals of the sea-poppy.
Nature Near LondonRichard Jefferies