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单词 Welsh poppy
释义

Welsh or (obsolete) Welch /welsh/

adjective

Relating to Wales or its inhabitants

plural noun

The inhabitants of Wales

singular noun

Their P-Celtic or Brythonic language, a development of the ancient British language, related to Cornish and Breton

ORIGIN: OE (Anglian and Kentish) welisc, from wealh foreigner, the Anglo-Saxons' word for Briton, Welshman, foreigner; from L Volcae, orig a Gaulish tribe

Welshˈness noun

Welsh aunt or Welsh uncle noun (dialect)

A first cousin of one's father or mother

Welsh dresser noun

A dresser usu with open shelves above cupboards and drawers

Welsh harp noun

A large harp with three rows of strings, two tuned in unison and in the diatonic scale, the third in the sharps and flats of the chromatic

Welsh hook noun

An old weapon, a billhook or something similar

Welshˈman or Welshˈwoman noun

A native of Wales

Welsh onion noun

The cibol

Welsh poppy noun

A European poppy (Meconopsis cambrica) with long slender stems and yellow flowers

Welsh rabbit or Welsh rarebit see rarebit under rare1

Welsh terrier noun

A terrier with a rough black-and-tan coat

poppy1 /popˈi/

noun
  1. A cornfield plant (of several species) or its large scarlet flowers
  2. Any other species of the genus Papaver, such as the opium poppy, or of the related genera Glaucium (horned poppy; see under horn) or Meconopsis (see Welsh poppy below), etc
  3. Also extended to various unrelated plants
ORIGIN: OE popig, from L papāver poppy

poppˈied adjective

  1. Covered or filled with poppies
  2. Soporific
  3. Affected by opium

Poppy Day noun

Orig Armistice Day (qv), later the Saturday nearest Armistice Day, or (later) Remembrance Sunday (qv under remember), when artificial poppies are sold for charity

poppˈy-head noun

  1. A capsule of the poppy
  2. A finial in wood, esp at a pew end

poppˈy-oil noun

A fixed oil from the seeds of the opium poppy

poppy seed noun

poppy water noun

A soporific drink made from poppies

blue poppy

A blue Meconopsis of the northern temperate zone

Flanders poppy

An emblem, from World War I, of the fallen British soldiers

Welsh poppy

Meconopsis cambrica, which has pale-yellow flowers

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