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Shirley poppy (iou)



Shirley poppy noun phr. L19.
[Shirley, a district of Croydon, Surrey.]
A garden variety of poppy bearing single or double flowers, usu. red, pink, or white, developed by William Wilks (1843-1923), vicar of Shirley, from the corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas.