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corn poppy

noun

  1. a common Old World poppy, Papaver rhoeas, having bright-red flowers.

corn poppy

noun

  1. a poppy, Papaver rhoeas, that has bright red flowers and grows in cornfields. Since World War I it has been the symbol of fallen soldiers Also calledcoquelicotFlanders poppyfield poppy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of corn poppy1

First recorded in 1875–80; so called from its growing in grainfields
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Example Sentences

The corn-poppy was abundant, and many of the trees, flowering bulbs, and plants were identical with those in Pungo Andongo.

I believe the common corn-poppy has been seen indigenous in Sicily.

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