arctic poppy

Meanings

nounarctic poppy (plural arctic poppies)

Any of certain Papaver species of high latitudes, in Papaver sect. Meconella:
1. Papaver radicatum
2. Papaver gorodkovii

nounsubarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers

Similar

Iceland poppyPapaver nudicaule

Broader

Also see

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