Prickly poppy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America
    devil's fig; white thistle; argemone.
  2. noun annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit
    Papaver argemone.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle.

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