NOUN | plant | Macleaya, genus Macleaya | a perennial herb of eastern Asia |
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Meaning | A perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy. | |
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Synonym | genus Macleaya | |
Member of | Papaveraceae, family Papaveraceae, poppy family | herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits |
Members | plume poppy, bocconia, Macleaya cordata | herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers |
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
Spanish | genus macleaya, macleaya | |
Catalan | genus macleaya, macleaya |
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