Macleaya

noun

Mac·​leaya

mə̇ˈklāə

: a genus of Asiatic herbs (family Papaveraceae) with pinnately lobed glaucous leaves and tall showy panicles of cream-colored apetalous flowers see plume poppy

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, after Alexander MacLeay †1848 British entomologist and colonial statesman

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