iceland poppy

Questions about iceland poppy

What does iceland poppy mean?

iceland poppy means "subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for iceland poppy?

Close synonyms include arctic poppy, Papaver nudicaule, Papaver alpinum. 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 iceland poppy a common word?

iceland poppy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.