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Definition of Blue poppy
1. Noun. Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes.
Generic synonyms: Poppy
Group relationships: Genus Meconopsis, Meconopsis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Poppy
Literary usage of Blue poppy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Luther Burbank: His Life and Work by Henry Smith Williams (1915)
"There is no record that anyone ever saw a pure blue poppy before, yet the materials
for blue pigmentation were evidently hidden in the germ- plasm of the ..."
2. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"There is no record of a true blue poppy ever having been produced elsewhere. ...
The story of the production of the blue poppy is a comparatively simple one ..."
3. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"There is no record of a true blue poppy ever having been produced elsewhere. ...
The story of the production of the blue poppy is a comparatively simple one ..."
4. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1808)
"It is even asserted that the blue poppy, while k yields the largest quantity of
seed, is in no respect inferior in the quality of the ..."
5. Bulletin by Public Library of Brookline (1911)
"951.6 W21 With an unstudied art which travellers do not always possess, Mr.
Ward lends us his eyes and his camera in the land of the blue poppy. ..."
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