corn poppy

4.1

A bright red wild flower that grows in fields of grain in Europe and that people often plant in gardens

noun

: amapola de maíz

The corn poppy blooms in late spring.

Examples

During spring, the fields were covered in corn poppies swaying in the breeze.
She planted corn poppies along the edge of her vegetable garden for a splash of color.
The bright red corn poppy is a familiar sight in the fields of Europe.
Many corn poppies grow along the roadside.
The corn poppy is often seen blooming in fields during the summer months.
Farmers sometimes leave patches of corn poppy to attract pollinators to their crops.
In the countryside, the bright red corn poppy stands out against the golden wheat fields.

Synonyms

poppy

vscorn poppy

37 1.3

A bright flower with thin, soft petals often grown in gardens

refers to one specific species within that broader group commonly found in grain areas

Papaver rhoeas

vscorn poppy

Specialized

9.9

A bright red poppy that grows in fields and gardens

is the everyday common name used in ordinary speech rather than Latin

field poppy

vscorn poppy

3.6

A red wild flower that grows in wheat fields

is the common everyday name used especially in rural and garden contexts

Flanders poppy

vscorn poppy

6.7

A bright red field flower often worn to remember soldiers who died in war

is the botanical common name without strong memorial association

coquelicot

vscorn poppy

Literature

9.9

A bright red color or a wild poppy with red flowers

is the botanical term for the species rather than a color name

Surface Forms

corn poppy singular

corn poppies plural

Morphology

corn + poppy

The compound 'corn poppy' is a straightforward noun+noun subtype: a poppy associated with corn/grain fields. A B1 learner who knows 'corn' (regional term for cereal) and 'poppy' (a flowering plant) can reliably infer it denotes a poppy that grows in or near cereal crops; this compounding pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent.

Etymology

The name corn poppy comes from farmers who saw bright red poppies growing in fields of corn, where 'corn' used to mean 'grain'. So corn poppy means a red poppy that grows in grain fields today.