Iceland poppy

noun

: a poppy (Papaver nudicaule) of holarctic regions often cultivated for its usually single showy flowers

Examples of Iceland poppy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To keep Iceland poppies blooming, apply a water-soluble 20-20-20 fertilizer every other week and make sure their soil stays moist. Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024 Options for your new plantings include pinks, sweet alyssum, larkspurs, snapdragons, Iceland poppies, stocks, foxgloves, wallflowers, ornamental Swiss chard and, a little closer to March, petunias. Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024 Other rarities include Iceland poppies, garden roses, foxgloves and lisianthus . Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Iceland poppy was in 1870

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“Iceland poppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Iceland%20poppy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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