Associations to the word «Macleaya»

Wiktionary

MACLEAYA, noun. (botany) Any member of the genus Macleaya of flowering plants in the poppy family, native to China and Japan.

Dictionary definition

MACLEAYA, noun. A perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy.

Wise words

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