PAPAVER ORIENTALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Papaver orientale mean? 

• PAPAVER ORIENTALE (noun)
  The noun PAPAVER ORIENTALE has 1 sense:

1. commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers

  Familiarity information: PAPAVER ORIENTALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPAVER ORIENTALE (noun)

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Meaning:

Commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

oriental poppy; Papaver orientale

Hypernyms ("Papaver orientale" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Papaver orientale" is a member of...):

genus Papaver; Papaver (type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers)