MECONOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Meconopsis mean? 

• MECONOPSIS (noun)
  The noun MECONOPSIS has 1 sense:

1. herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpic

  Familiarity information: MECONOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MECONOPSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Meconopsis; Meconopsis

Hypernyms ("Meconopsis" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Meconopsis"):

blue poppy; Meconopsis betonicifolia (Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes)

Meconopsis cambrica; Welsh poppy (widely cultivated west European plant with showy pale yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Meconopsis" is a member of...):

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)