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Definition of Flaming poppy
1. Noun. California wild poppy with bright red flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flaming Poppy
Literary usage of Flaming poppy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Little Folk of Many Lands by Louise Jordan Miln (1899)
"It was as picturesque a place as any in the world, the place where he was born.
His father had a tiny opium farm. The flaming poppy flowers were in full ..."
2. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"In thirty years it has spread rapidly, and is now exceedingly common. WIND-POPPY.
BLOOD-DROP. flaming poppy. ..."
3. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1915)
"The fields are dimpled like a young infant, And the brass bowl of the sun drips
honey— The fields are open like a flaming poppy, And the sun blooms like a ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1859)
"... though it must be confessed that the dishes sent in from a restaurant with
this flaming, poppy-coloured sauce, are perfectly unbearable. ..."
5. The Empresses of Rome by Joseph McCabe (1911)
"... and union with one who contrasted with Vipsania as the wild flaming poppy
contrasts with the lily, further soured and embittered him. ..."
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