Lexic.us

Definition of California poppy

1. Noun. Of Pacific coast of North America; widely cultivated for its yellow to red flowers.

Definition of California poppy

1. Noun. A popular flowering garden plant, ''Eschscholzia californica'', native to the south-western United States. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of California poppy

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

1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"... drug is manufactured from the juice of one species of poppy? What countries cultivate and use it most extensively? THE California poppy Teacher's Story ..."

2. California the Beautiful: Camera Studies by California Artists; with by Paul Elder (1911)
"... COPA DE ORO (California poppy) Thy satin vesture richer is than looms Of Orient weave for raiment of her kings! Not dyes of olden Tyre, not precious ..."

3. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"The California poppy and Its Cousins There is one California wild flower that every Californian, however unobserving, knows and loves, as the Briton his ..."

4. Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the by Len Wilcox (2000)
"... Valley California poppy Reserve The desert is famous for its wildflowers, and the state has created the Antelope Valley California poppy Reserve, ..."

5. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"CALIFORNIA Poppy. THIS pretty plant, E. Californica, is one of those which give so marked an aspect to the fields of California, which at times are sheets ..."

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