Definition of Meconopsis cambrica

1. Noun. Widely cultivated west European plant with showy pale yellow flowers.

Exact synonyms: Welsh Poppy
Generic synonyms: Poppy
Group relationships: Genus Meconopsis, Meconopsis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meconopsis Cambrica

Mecke's reagent
Meckel's band
Meckel's cartilage
Meckel's cavity
Meckel's ganglion
Meckel's ligament
Meckel's plane
Meckel's space
Meckel syndrome
Meckelian
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Meclomen
Meconopsis
Meconopsis betonicifolia
Meconopsis cambrica (current term)
Mecoptera
MedDRA
MedDRAs
Medaille Militaire
Medak
Medal of Honor
Medan
Medawar
Mede
Medea
Medean
Medellin
Medellin cartel
Medellín

Literary usage of Meconopsis cambrica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"jungle of Meconopsis cambrica, it never gives you the heart-breaking trouble ... Meconopsis cambrica has a soft orange-coloured form, too, whose colour is ..."

2. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Meconopsis cambrica, Vig. (fig. 148). Fruit an oblong capsule, ... Meconopsis cambrica. 2, Longitudinal section of seed, x 80 : E, embryo ; P, ..."

3. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"... the moors in a southerly direction for some miles; but little was noticed till we reached the Ingleton road at Leek, where we found Meconopsis cambrica. ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... Meconopsis cambrica. DD. Scapes longer, particularly in cult. 20. nudicaule, Linn. ICELAND POPPY. Fig. 2754. Mostly a yellow-fld. arctic perennial, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... for instance, California poppy (Eschscholzia calif arnica), horned poppy (Glaucium), Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica), prickly poppy ..."

6. The Garden's Story: For Pleasures and Trials of an Amateur Gardener by George Herman Ellwanger (1889)
"Meconopsis cambrica, the Welsh wildling, somewhat resembles it, though it is coarser, more fugitive, and not nearly so floriferous. This does best in damp, ..."

7. Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, While the Air was Yet Pure Among the by John Ruskin (1877)
"... profiles to the poppy cup, the difference between which, however, we shall see better in the yellow Welsh poppy, at present called Meconopsis cambrica; ..."

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