| NOUN | plant | white thistle, prickly poppy, argemone, devil's fig | any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods |
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| plant | white thistle, quail bush, quail brush, Atriplex lentiformis | spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico |
| Meaning | Any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America. | |
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| Synonyms | prickly poppy, argemone, devil's fig | |
| Member of | genus Argemone | prickly poppies |
| Narrower | Mexican poppy, Argemone mexicana | annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | argemone | |
| Catalan | argemone | |
| Meaning | Spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico. | |
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| Synonyms | quail bush, quail brush, Atriplex lentiformis | |
| Broader | saltbush | Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil |
| Spanish | atriplex lentiformis, chicalote, salado | |
| Catalan | atriplex lentiformis | |
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