western poppy

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   showy annual of California with red flowers

   SynonymsPapaver californicum

   Broaderpoppy

   Part ofPapaver

Questions about western poppy

What does western poppy mean?

western poppy means "showy annual of California with red flowers".

What is another word for western poppy?

Close synonyms include Papaver californicum. 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 western poppy a common word?

western poppy 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.