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water poppy

American  

noun

  1. a Brazilian, aquatic plant, Hydrocleys nymphoides, having yellow, poppylike flowers.


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A warmer, calmer climate awaits just a few doors away in the warm tropics, where aquatic plants like duckweed, water poppy and lotus dance on the surface of a tank.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2022

Then there wuz the lotus from Egypt, and Indian lilies, and that magnificent flower, Humboldt's last discovery, "the water poppy."

From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de

Other good kinds are hornwort, water starwort, tape grass, water poppy, milfoil, willow moss, and floating plants like duckweed.

From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.