noun
herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy
• Syn: ↑genus Glaucium
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papaveraceae, ↑family Papaveraceae, ↑poppy family
• Member Meronyms: ↑horn poppy, ↑horned poppy, ↑yellow horned poppy, ↑sea poppy, ↑Glaucium flavum
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\\ˈglȯsēəm\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, perhaps from Greek glaukion juice of a papaveraceous plant, from glaukos
: a small genus of Eurasian herbs (family Papaveraceae) with yellow flowers and a yellow acrid juice
Useful english dictionary. 2012.