Papaver (redirected from Icelandic poppy)

Pa`pa´ver

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(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the poppy.

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Papaver - type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers genus Papaver dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs family Papaveraceae, Papaveraceae, poppy family - herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits Papaver alpinum, Iceland poppy - Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers Papaver californicum, western poppy - showy annual of California with red flowers Papaver argemone, prickly poppy - annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit arctic poppy, Iceland poppy, Papaver nudicaule - subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers oriental poppy, Papaver orientale - commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers corn poppy, field poppy, Flanders poppy, Papaver rhoeas - annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated opium poppy, Papaver somniferum - southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium