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Argemone Mexicana (Noun)

Meaning

Annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers; southern United States to West Indies and Mexico.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • Argemone mexicana can be found growing as an invasive annual along roadsides in its native habitats in Mexico.
  • Native to the Americas the argemone mexicana inhabits through the southern United States and the Caribbean region.
  • The argemone mexicana produces large showy yellow double-petaled flowers on long stalks with coarsely toothed prickly stem below.
  • Argemone mexicana with its prickly stems is mostly called a weed in various parts of its native range.
  • The argemone mexicana seeds are toxic and can be particularly a problem for livestock after accidental feeding on the seeds during pastures harvesting and when transported within its weed mass later sold off unknowingly.

Synonyms

  • Mexican Poppy

Hypernyms

  • White Thistle
  • Devil's Fig
  • Prickly Poppy
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