genus macleaya

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   a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy

   SynonymsMacleaya

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofPapaveraceae

Questions about genus macleaya

What does genus macleaya mean?

genus macleaya means "a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy".

What is another word for genus macleaya?

Close synonyms include Macleaya. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus macleaya a common word?

genus macleaya is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.