California poppy

noun

1. a plant, Eschscholtzia californica, of the poppy family, having feathery bluish foliage and showy, orange-yellow flowers: the state flower of California.

California poppy

noun

1. a papaveraceous plant, Eschscholtzia californica, of the Pacific coast of North America, having yellow or orange flowers and finely divided bluish-green leaves Also calledeschscholziaeschscholtzia

Word History and Origins

Origin of California poppy¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

At Los Padres National Forest along the Central California coast, swaths of California poppies, California buttercups, purple shooting stars and goldfields fill the slopes.

From Los Angeles Times

Also, the California poppy is just one of several types of poppy in the state.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s a California poppy chulo, Every pollinator that you know wants to get a little piece of that c—

From Los Angeles Times

In parallel, Werner plans to monitor how key plants, including Gary oak, buckbrush, California poppy, and yarrow, respond to different planting densities on nearly 100 plots.

From Science Magazine

This year’s spring is a return to that time, as gentle slopes have turned purple and yellow and California poppies peek through sidewalk cracks, she writes:

From New York Times