yellow horned poppy
- noun
- UK
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adormidera amarilla
- The yellow horned poppy brightens the dunes with its striking yellow flowers.
Examples
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The leaves of the yellow horned poppy are thick and bluish-green.
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Many yellow horned poppies grow along the beach.
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Botanists discovered a cluster of yellow horned poppy growing near the shoreline.
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The yellow horned poppy blooms beautifully in spring.
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The yellow horned poppy brightens the dunes with its striking yellow flowers.
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Botanists discovered a cluster of yellow horned poppy growing near the shoreline.
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The leaves of the yellow horned poppy are thick and bluish-green.
Synonyms
A plant with bright yellow flowers that grows on sandy coasts
A yellow wild flower that grows on sandy coasts and has horn-shaped seed pods
A small plant with bright yellow flowers that grows on sandy beaches
A yellow wild plant with long seed pods that grows on sandy coasts
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'yellow' (color), 'horned' (having horn-like structures), and 'poppy' (a flowering plant) can infer this refers to a poppy that is yellow and has horn-like features. This descriptive, noun-modifying pattern is a standard cross-linguistic naming strategy for plants, so the meaning is immediately derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Yellow horned poppy gets its name from the plant's bright yellow flowers and long, curved seed pods that look like small horns, so it is described as horned. That's why the name simply tells you it is a kind of poppy with horn-like 'seed pods' and yellow 'flowers'.
