sea poppy

noun

horn poppy.

Origin of sea poppy

First recorded in 1555–65

Words nearby sea poppy

sea palm, sea pen, sea perch, sea pigeon, sea pink, sea poppy, sea power, sea purse, sea purslane, sea puss, sea ranger

Example sentences from the Web for sea poppy

  • 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

  • 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