noun
herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers
• Syn: ↑bocconia, ↑Macleaya cordata
• Hypernyms: ↑poppy
• Member Holonyms: ↑Macleaya, ↑genus Macleaya
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noun : any of several Asiatic herbs of the genus Macleaya (especially M. cordata) widely cultivated for the showy plumy panicles of flowers
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plume poppy noun
The popular name for any plant of the genus Macleaya, hardy, very tall flowering perennials of the Papaveraceae
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Main Entry: ↑plume
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plume poppy,
a showy plant of the poppy family, native to China and Japan, often cultivated in garden borders; tree celandine.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.