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poppy mallow

/ˌpɑpi ˌmæloʊ/
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Other forms: poppy mallows

Definitions of poppy mallow
  1. noun
    a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer
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    types:
    Callirhoe digitata, fringed poppy mallow
    perennial poppy mallow of United States southern plains states having rose-red or rose-purple flowers
    Callirhoe involucrata, purple poppy mallow
    hairy perennial of central United States having round deeply lobed leaves and loose panicles of large crimson-purple or cherry-red flowers
    Callirhoe triangulata, clustered poppy mallow
    densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters
    type of:
    mallow
    any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
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