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Poppy Mallow

Definition: Poppy Mallow

Poppy Mallow

Noun

1. 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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Crosswords: Poppy Mallow

English words defined with "poppy mallow": Callirhoe digitata, clustered poppy mallowfringed poppy mallowpurple poppy mallow. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Poppy mallow

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Poppy mallow
Prairie poppy mallow Larger version
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Malvales
Family:Malvaceae
Genus: Callirhoe
Species
Callirhoe alcaeoides
Callirhoe bushii
Callirhoe digitata
Callirhoe involucrata
Callirhoe leiocarpa
Callirhoe papaver
Callirhoe pedata
Callirhoe scabriuscula
Callirhoe triangulata

The poppy mallow is any species of the genus Callirhoe in the mallow family (Malvaceae), native to the prairies and grasslands of North America. Of the 9 species, some are annuals and some perennials.

Poppy mallow leaves are alternate and palmately lobed. The flowers are cup-shaped and brightly colored.

The plants prefer a hot and dry situation, and a well-drained sandy soil.

The prairie poppy mallow Callirhoe involucrata is a low-growing perennial with a large taproot and hairy stems, flower petals range from cerise to reddish violet with a white base. Grows to 30 cm high. It is widely recommended to gardeners in the Western United States as a plant that is showy without being water-hungry.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Poppy mallow."

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Expressions: Poppy Mallow

Expressions using "poppy mallow": clustered poppy mallow fringed poppy mallow purple poppy mallow. Additional references.

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Anagrams: Poppy Mallow

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-l-l-m-o-o-p-p-p-w-y"

-4 letters: polyoma.

-5 letters: apollo, mallow, maypop, wallop, woolly.

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Alternative Orthography: Poppy Mallow


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0070 0070 0079      004D 0061 006C 006C 006F 0077

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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