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Macleaya
noun
a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy
• Syn: ↑genus Macleaya
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papaveraceae, ↑family Papaveraceae, ↑poppy family
• Member Meronyms: ↑plume poppy, ↑bocconia, ↑Macleaya cordata

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\\mə̇ˈklāə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, after Alexander MacLeay died 1848 British entomologist and colonial statesman
: a genus of Asiatic herbs (family Papaveraceae) with pinnately lobed glaucous leaves and tall showy panicles of cream-colored apetalous flowers — see plume poppy

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Macleaya /mə-klēˈə or -klāˈə/
noun
A herbaceous Asiatic plant with pinnate leaves and cream-coloured, plume-like flowers
ORIGIN: Alexander Macleay (died 1848), British entomologist and statesman

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