HyperDic: genus_macleaya

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Macleaya:
NOUNplantgenus Macleaya, Macleayaa perennial herb of eastern Asia
English > genus Macleaya: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy.
SynonymMacleaya
Member ofPapaveraceae, family Papaveraceae, poppy familyherbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits
Membersplume poppy, bocconia, Macleaya cordataherb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgenus macleaya, macleaya
Catalangenus macleaya, macleaya

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