tulip poppy

noun

1

: a commonly cultivated glaucous annual poppy (Papaver glaucum) of Asia Minor with cup-shaped scarlet flowers on tall erect stems

2

: a perennial Mexican herb (Hunnemannia fumariaefolia) of the family Papaveraceae that closely resembles the California poppy but has bright orange-colored stamens and two separate sepals

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