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popcorn flower

–noun
a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism
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popcorn flower  
n.  Any of several plants of the genus Plagiobothrys, of western North America, having cymose clusters of small flowers with a white salverform corolla.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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