sea poppy

noun

Origin of sea poppy

First recorded in 1555–65

Among the stones by the waste places there are pale-green wrinkled leaves, and the large yellow petals of the sea-poppy.
Nature Near London | Richard Jefferies
The gold of the sea-poppy and the pink of the thrift are trifles that are passed unseen.
The Call of the Wildflower | Henry S. Salt
On the white beach-sand dried stumps of sea-poppy shivered and chattered.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition | Rudyard Kipling
The yellow sea-poppy was wiser, and nodded its head approvingly.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition | Rudyard Kipling

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