corn poppy
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- noun
- UK
- The corn poppy blooms in late spring.
Examples
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During spring, the fields were covered in corn poppies swaying in the breeze.
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She planted corn poppies along the edge of her vegetable garden for a splash of color.
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The bright red corn poppy is a familiar sight in the fields of Europe.
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Many corn poppies grow along the roadside.
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The corn poppy is often seen blooming in fields during the summer months.
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Farmers sometimes leave patches of corn poppy to attract pollinators to their crops.
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In the countryside, the bright red corn poppy stands out against the golden wheat fields.
Synonyms
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1.3
A bright flower with thin, soft petals often grown in gardens
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A red wild flower that grows in wheat fields
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A bright red field flower often worn to remember soldiers who died in war
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A bright red color or a wild poppy with red flowers
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A bright red poppy that grows in fields and gardens
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.