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prickly poppy

prickly poppy noun: any in genus Argemone of poppies, which is prickly.

prickly poppy: any in genus Argemone of poppies, which is prickly
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Noun

prickly poppy (plural prickly poppies)

  1. Any in genus Argemone of poppies, which is prickly
    Synonyms:
    poppy thistle

prickly poppy meaning in Tamil

prickly poppy in Tamil

குருக்கு, குடிக்குச்சகுனி, குருக்கிலை, குடியோட்டிப்பூண்டு

Synonyms of prickly poppy

  • poppy thistle

Forms of prickly poppy

pluralprickly poppies
alternative formprickly-poppy
alternative formpricklypoppy

Words formed from prickly poppy

  • yellow prickly poppy
  • Mexican prickly poppy – Argemone mexicana
  • white-flowered prickly poppy – Argemone albiflora
  • short-horned prickly poppy – Argemone brevicornuta
  • Turner’s prickly poppy – Argemone turnerae
  • long-headed prickly poppy
  • prickly long-headed poppy – Papaver argemone
  • crested prickly poppy – Argemone platyceras
  • also Argemone polyanthemos
  • desert prickly poppy – Argemone arida
  • bronze-flowered prickly poppy – Argemone aenea
  • Arizona prickly poppy – Argemone arizonica
  • annual prickly poppy – Argemone polyanthemos
  • flatbud prickly poppy – Argemone munita
  • rough prickly poppy – Argemone hispida
  • hedgehog prickly poppy – Argemone squarrosa

Questions about prickly poppy

What does prickly poppy mean?
Prickly poppy means any in genus Argemone of poppies, which is prickly.
What is prickly poppy in Tamil?
Prickly poppy in Tamil is குருக்கு, குடிக்குச்சகுனி, குருக்கிலை. See Prickly poppy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prickly poppy?
Prickly poppy is a noun.
What is the plural of prickly poppy?
The plural of prickly poppy is prickly poppies.

Words near prickly poppy in the dictionary

  1. Prickly Pear Cays
  2. Prickly Pear Island
  3. prickly pears
  4. prickly poison
  5. prickly poppies
  6. prickly poppy
  7. prickly saltwort
  8. prickly saltworts
  9. prickly shark
  10. prickly sharks
  11. prickly thrift

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prickly poppy (page history and authors); prickly poppy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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