Found 2 items, similar to Prickly poppy.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prickly poppy prickly poppy n 1: any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America [syn: argemone, white thistle, devil's fig ] 2: annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit [syn: Papaver argemone]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prickly poppy Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule. [1913 Webster] California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia. Corn poppy. See under Corn. Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn. Poppy bee (Zo["o]l.), a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa papaveris ) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee. Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle. Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum ). Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (Silene inflata ). See Catchfly. [1913 Webster]