Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shirley poppy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: shirley pop-py
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An annual ornamental cultivar derived from the European wild field poppy (Papaver rhoeas).

Etymology

Named after the parish of Shirley, whose vicar William Wilks developed the cultivar in the late 19th century.

Inflected Forms

Shirley poppies (plural)

Questions

What does shirley poppy mean?: An annual ornamental cultivar derived from the European wild field poppy (Papaver rhoeas).
Where does shirley poppy come from?: Named after the parish of Shirley, whose vicar William Wilks developed the cultivar in the late 19th century.

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