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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

  1. noun A plant with delicate, often bright red petals, some varieties of which are the source of opium.
  2. noun A small red paper or fabric flower worn to remember soldiers who died in war.
  3. adj Having the bright orange-red colour of a poppy flower.

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