PRICKLY POPPY Definition & Meaning

prickly poppy

noun

any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana Mexican poppy, having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.

prickly poppy

noun

an annual papaveraceous plant, Argemone mexicana, of tropical America, having prickly stems and leaves and large yellow or white flowers

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Origin of prickly poppy¹

First recorded in 1715–25

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One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed.

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Other seeds of this nature are those of wild ginger, celandine, cyclamen, violet, periwinkle, some euphorbias, bellwort, trillium, prickly poppy, dutchman's breeches, squirrel-corn, several species of Corydalis, Seneca snakeroot, and other species of milkworts.

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Even they, dead and inhospitable as they appeared at a little distance, afforded nourishment for cactus and painter's-brush, prickly poppy and hardy vetches.

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“Now, can you point me in the direction of some prickly poppy?”

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Having crawled through a bramble bush for the prickly poppy, I was feeling a bit prickly myself just then.

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