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Argemone

noun

Any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America. Synonyms: devil's fig, prickly poppy, white thistle.

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Argemone mexicana

genus Argemone

Papaver argemone

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"Argemone" Quotes from Famous Books

... *Golden Coreopsis, Yellow Sweet Sultan, African Marigold, Yellow Argemone, French ...

— A Treatise on Domestic Economy - For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School • Catherine Esther Beecher

... relation of the English fumitory, Silene conoidea, and two Spergulas (Caryophyllaceae), and Sisymbrium Irio (Cruciferae). A curious little Orchid, Zeuxine sulcata, is found growing among the grass on canal banks. The American yellow poppy, Argemone Mexicana, a noxious weed, has unfortunately established itself widely in the Panjab plain. Two trees of the order Leguminosae, the shisham or tali (Dalbergia Sissoo) and the siris (Albizzia lebbek), are commonly planted on Panjab roads. The true home ...

— The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir • Sir James McCrone Douie

... Argemone ochroleuca (Papaveraceae).—According to Hildebrand ('Jahrbuch fur w. Bot.' B.7 page 466), spontaneously self-fertilised flowers are by ...

— The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom • Charles Darwin