meconopsis

noun

mec·​o·​nop·​sis

ˌmekəˈnäpsə̇s,

ˌmēk-

1

capitalized : a genus of annual or perennial chiefly Asiatic herbs (family Papaveraceae) having flowers with stigmas forming a globular mass atop the ovary

2

plural meconopses

-(ˌ)sēz

: any plant of the genus Meconopsis

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from mecon- + -opsis

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