| 释义 |
iceland poppy
noun
Usage: usually capitalized I
1. : either of two nearly stemless perennial poppies that tend to grow in a firm close turf:
a. : a subarctic poppy (Papaver nudicaule) of both hemispheres that is hairy and somewhat glaucous with pinnately lobed or cleft petioled leaves and fragrant typically yellow and white flowers borne on slender wiry scapes
b. : a similar Old World alpine poppy (Papaver alpinum) with white and yellow or often pink or orange flowers and glabrous foliage
2. : any of various cultivated poppies that are prob. derived from one or the other of the wild Iceland poppies, are commonly grown as biennials or short-lived perennials, and have small or medium-sized single or double flowers chiefly of pastel color — compare shirley poppy |