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macleaya

macleaya noun: any member of the genus Macleaya of flowering plants in the poppy family, native to China and Japan.

Noun

macleaya (plural macleayas)

  1. Any member of the genus Macleaya of flowering plants in the poppy family, native to China and Japan.
    Synonyms:
    plume poppy

Synonyms of macleaya

Forms of macleaya

pluralmacleayas

Origin of macleaya

From the genus name.

Questions about macleaya

What does macleaya mean?
Macleaya means any member of the genus Macleaya of flowering plants in the poppy family, native to China and Japan.
What part of speech is macleaya?
Macleaya is a noun.
What is the plural of macleaya?
The plural of macleaya is macleayas.

Words near macleaya in the dictionary

  1. Macleay
  2. Macleay laurel
  3. Macleay laurels
  4. Macleay's spectre
  5. Macleay's spectres
  6. macleaya
  7. macleayas
  8. macled
  9. Macleod
  10. MacLeods
  11. macles

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