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MEXICAN TULIP POPPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mexican tulip poppy mean? 

MEXICAN TULIP POPPY (noun)
  The noun MEXICAN TULIP POPPY has 1 sense:

1. native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliageplay

  Familiarity information: MEXICAN TULIP POPPY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEXICAN TULIP POPPY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

golden cup; Hunnemania fumariifolia; Mexican tulip poppy

Hypernyms ("Mexican tulip poppy" is a kind of...):

poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)

Holonyms ("Mexican tulip poppy" is a member of...):

genus Hunnemania; Hunnemannia (one species: golden cup)


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