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Eschscholtzia   Listen
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Eschscholtzia  n.  (Bot.) A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.





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... settled here they called the poppy copa de oro, or cup of gold. The gold hunters spoke of it as the California gold flower, and sent the pressed poppies home in their letters. But its correct name is the Eschscholtzia (esh-sholt'si-a), from the name of a German botanist and naturalist, who studied the plant and wrote about it ...
— Stories of California • Ella M. Sexton


Words linked to "Eschscholtzia" :   poppy family, Papaveraceae, genus Eschscholtzia, Eschscholtzia californica, family Papaveraceae


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