PRICKLY POPPY

Meaning of PRICKLY POPPY in English

any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, esp. A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) , having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.

[ 1715-25 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PRICKLY POPPY — noun Date: 1724 any of a genus ( Argemone ) of plants of the poppy family with white or yellow …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRICKLY POPPY — noun : a plant of the genus Argemone ; especially : an annual herb ( A. mexicana ) with large …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRICKLY POPPY — Date: 1724 : any of a genus ( Argemone ) of plants of the poppy family with white or yellow …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRICKLY POPPY — Function: noun Date: 1724 : any of a genus ( Argemone ) of plants of the poppy family with white …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRICKLY POPPY — [prickly poppy] n (1724): any of a genus (Argemone) of plants of the poppy family with white or yellow flowers …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRICKLY POPPY — also called Argemony any of approximately 30 species of the genus Argemone, North American and West Indian plants belonging to …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRICKLY POPPY — аргемоне (Argemone)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PRICKLY POPPY — аргемоне ( Argemone )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
POPPY — papavre
English interlingue dictionary
PRICKLY — adjective (pricklier; -est) Date: 1578 full of or covered with prickles, marked by prickling ; stinging , 3. troublesome , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POPPY — noun (plural poppies) Etymology: Middle English popi, from Old English popæg, popig, modification of Latin papaver Date: before 12th century …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POPPY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) California poppy opium poppy poppy family
Английский словарь Британика
PRICKLY — ˈpriklē, -li adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: prickle (I) + -y 1. a. : full of sharp points or prickles …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POPPY — ˈpäpē, -pi noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English popi, from Old English popig, popæg, modification of (assumed) Vulgar Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRICKLY — (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
Английский словарь Webster
POPPY — (n.) Alt. of Poppyhead
Английский словарь Webster
POPPY — (n.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one …
Английский словарь Webster
PRICKLY — ( a. ) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POPPY — ( n. ) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POPPY — ( n. ) Alt. of Poppyhead
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRICKLY — — prickliness , n. /prik"lee/ , adj., pricklier, prickliest . 1. full of or armed with prickles. 2. full of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POPPY — — poppylike , adj. /pop"ee/ , n. , pl. poppies for 1, 2, 4-7. 1. any plant of the genus …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRICKLY — adj. stinging, piercing, stabbing; full of difficulties, tricky
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POPPY — n. plant that produces bright flowers, plant from which opium is made
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRICKLY — adjective ( prick·li·er ; -est ) Date: 1578 1. : full of or covered with prickles ; especially : distinguished …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POPPY — noun ( plural poppies ) Etymology: Middle English popi, from Old English popæg, popig, modification of Latin papaver Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRICKLY — adj full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
Webster English vocab
POPPY — noun ·alt. of poppyhead. 2. poppy ·noun any plant or species of the genus papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers …
Webster English vocab
PRICKLY — ■ adjective ( pricklier , prickliest ) 1》 covered in or resembling prickles. ↘having or causing a prickling sensation. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POPPY — ~ 1 ■ noun a plant having showy flowers, typically red or yellow, and rounded seed capsules. [ Papaver rhoeas …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRICKLY — [prick.ly] adj prick.li.er ; -est (1578) 1: full of or covered with prickles; esp: distinguished from related kinds by the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POPPY — [pop.py] n, pl poppies [ME popi, fr. OE popaeg, popig, modif. of L papaver] (bef. 12c) 1 a: any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POPPY — any of several ornamental flowering plants of the poppy family (Papaveraceae), especially species of the Papaver genus, which have lobed …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRICKLY — prick|ly BrE AmE ˈprɪk |li - ə l‿|i ▷ prick|lier li‿ə AmE \ li‿ ə r ▷ prick|iest li‿ɪst li‿əst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POPPY — popp|y, Poppy BrE AmE ˈpɒp |i AmE \ ˈpɑːp |i ▷ popp|ies iz ▶ ˈ Poppy Day BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRICKLY — / ˈprɪkli; NAmE / adjective 1. covered with prickles : a prickly bush 2. causing you to feel as if …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POPPY — / ˈpɒpi; NAmE ˈpɑːpi/ noun ( pl. -ies ) a wild or garden plant, with a large delicate flower that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRICKLY — prick ‧ ly /ˈprɪkli/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . covered with thin sharp points: a plant with prickly leaves 2 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POPPY — pop ‧ py /ˈpɒpi $ -ˈpɑː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural poppies ) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRICKLY — adj. (pricklier, prickliest) 1 (esp. in the names of plants and animals) having prickles. 2 (of a person) ready to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POPPY — n. (pl. -ies) any plant of the genus Papaver, with showy often red flowers and a milky sap with narcotic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRICKLY — adj. (pricklier, prickliest) 1 (esp. in the names of plants and animals) having prickles. 2 (of a person) ready to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POPPY — n. (pl. -ies) any plant of the genus Papaver, with showy often red flowers and a milky sap with narcotic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRICKLY — adj. (pricklier, prickliest) 1. (esp. in the names of plants and animals) having prickles. 2 (of a person) ready to …
Oxford English vocab
POPPY — n. (pl. -ies) any plant of the genus Papaver, with showy often red flowers and a milky sap with narcotic …
Oxford English vocab
PRICKLY — 1. Something that is prickly feels rough and uncomfortable, as if it has a lot of prickles. The bunk mattress …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POPPY — ( poppies) 1. A poppy is a plant with a large, delicate flower, usually red in colour. The drug opium …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRICKLY — 1. Something that is ~ feels rough and uncomfortable, as if it has a lot of prickles. The bunk mattress …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POPPY — (poppies) 1. A ~ is a plant with a large, delicate flower, usually red in colour. The drug opium is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRICKLY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES prickly heat prickly pear COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN heat ▪ Q I get prickly …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POPPY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES tall poppy syndrome COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN opium ▪ Rugged mountains, clear icy streams, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRICKLY — [adjective] -ier, -iestChestnuts had burst out of their green prickly husks.This cloth is very prickly (= it makes the skin …
Cambridge English vocab
POPPY — [noun] [C] - a plant with large, delicate, typically red flowersOpium is made from a type of poppy.The top of …
Cambridge English vocab
POPPY — n. California poppy opium poppy poppy family
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PRICKLY — adj. Prickly is used with these nouns: ↑ bush , ↑ character
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
POPPY — noun Poppy is used before these nouns: ↑ seed , ↑ wreath Poppy is used after these nouns: ↑ opium
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRICKLY — adj. 25B6; adjective a prickly hedgehog : SPIKY, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny; briary, brambly; rough, scratchy; technical spiculate, spicular, aculeate, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRICKLY — adj. 1 bristly, thorny, brambly, spiny, barbed, briery, spinous, spiky, Technical setaceous, setose, acanthoid, aciculate, aculeate, muricate, spiculate Dad's face …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRICKLY — прил. 1) имеющий шипы, колючки 2) вспыльчивый, раздражительный, обидчивый Syn : touchy 3) колючий Syn : thorny, spiny, aculeate с …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POPPY — 1. сущ.; бот. мак 2. прил. маковый (ботаника) мак опийный (Papaver somniferum) (ботаника) мак-самосейка (Papaver rhoeas) опий оранжево-красный, маковый цвет …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRICKLY — prickly.ogg ʹprıklı a 1. с шипами, с колючками, с иглами; колючий prickly nettle - жгучая крапива 2. испытывающий покалывание, колотьё …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRICKLY — a 1. с шипами, с колючками, с иглами; колючий prickly nettle - жгучая крапива 2. испытывающий покалывание, колотьё prickly sensation …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POPPY — мак (Papaver) - Alpine poppy - Arctic poppy - blue poppy - California poppy - celandine poppy - corn poppy - eye poppy - field poppy - frothy poppy - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
POPPY — мак ( Papaver ) - Alpine poppy - Arctic poppy - blue poppy - California poppy - celandine poppy - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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