coquelicot — meaning in English
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English meaning
- poppy noun A plant with delicate, often bright red petals, some varieties of which are the source of opium.
Senses
coquelicot is used for these senses in English:
- common poppy The poppy (Papaver rhoeas), widespread in western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly a common agricultural weed, now often used in gardens.
- corn poppy The common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), of Eurasia.
- poppy Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
- poppy (chiefly, Australia, Britain, Canada) A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.
- red poppy Any poppy with red flowers.
poppy — full definition
- noun A plant with delicate, often bright red petals, some varieties of which are the source of opium.
- noun A small red paper or fabric flower worn to remember soldiers who died in war.
- adj Having the bright orange-red colour of a poppy flower.