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Definition of Plume poppy

1. Noun. Herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plume Poppy

Literary usage of Plume poppy

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"BOCCONIA, or plume poppy, a BOCHART, ho-shar, Samuel, French divine: I). Rouen 1599; d. Caen, 16 May 1667. He studied philosophy and theology at Sedan, ..."

2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The plume poppy is as much unlike our idea of a Poppy as can well be. In the first place, the stem is very tall; in the second, it bears a plumy panicle of ..."

3. Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle (1901)
"and she planted plentifully plume poppy and Meadow Rue; this was in 1895. ... The plume poppy has a strong tap-root which would be a good symbol of the root ..."

4. Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"and she planted plentifully plume poppy and Meadow Rue; this was in 1895. ... The plume poppy has a strong tap-root which would be a good symbol of the root ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"plume poppy. A genus of 5 species, of which B. cordata is the only one worthy ... The plume poppy seems to be much hardier in America than in the Old World. ..."

6. Old-time Gardens, Newly Set Forth: A Book of the Sweet O' the Year by Alice Morse Earle (1901)
"You can go over the borders with scythe and spade and hoe, and even with manicure-scissors, but roots of the plume poppy will still hide and send up ..."

7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The plume poppy seems to be much hardier in America than in the Old World. It waa popular early in the century, but was neglected, 587. ..."

8. Making a Garden of Perennials by William Constantine Egan (1912)
"Bocconia cordata—plume poppy The plume poppy is a stately plant, attaining a height of seven to eight feet, bearing in July and August terminal panicles of ..."

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