horn poppy

noun

a European plant, Glaucium flavum, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers, naturalized along sandy shores in eastern North America.

Also called sea poppy.

Origin:
1850–55

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horn poppy
noun
yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America

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