Welsh poppy

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noun

a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers.

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Origin of Welsh poppy

First recorded in 1735–45

Words nearby Welsh poppy

Welshman, Welshman's button, Welsh Mountain, Welsh mountain pony, Welsh pony, Welsh poppy, Welsh rabbit, Welsh springer spaniel, Welsh terrier, Welsh vault, Welshwoman

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How to use Welsh poppy in a sentence

We have Matthew Rhys from The Americans as a Welsh separatist.
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Music journalist Joel Selwin annotates, with a preface by Donovan, a foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, and an afterword by John Poppy.
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The royal couple then traveled on to the Welsh capital of Cardiff to watch a rugby match between Wales and Australia.
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In 1984, a group of lesbian and gay activists joined forces with striking UK miners to help local Welsh communities.
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Poppy Morgan went to her primary care doctor in 2010 because she desperately wanted to take a risk.
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The cross-head, side rods, and boiler were very similar to the Welsh stationary engines of that date.
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He perceived that they had lived long enough in retirement in the little Welsh village to have acquired a pride in its legend.
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He pointed out however that the average height of the Yugo-Slavs exceeded that of the Welsh.
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California seemed less like a voluptuous leviathan blowing poppy-dust that blunted the memory of all things beyond her borders.
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There is every indication that the city was burned and plundered by the wild Welsh tribes sixteen hundred or more years ago.
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British Dictionary definitions for Welsh poppy

Welsh poppy

noun

a perennial W European papaveraceous plant, Meconopsis cambrica, with large yellow flowers

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