noun
evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers
• Syn: ↑bush poppy
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dendromecon, ↑genus Dendromecon
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noun : any of several shrubby to arborescent California plants of the family Papaveraceae: as
a. : matilija poppy
b. : bush poppy
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a Californian shrub, Dendromecon rigida, of the poppy family, having leathery evergreen leaves and showy, usually yellow flowers. Also called bush poppy.
[1865-70, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.