corn poppy
Red field bloom
A corn poppy is a wild poppy with bright red petals and a black center, native to Europe and common in grain fields and disturbed soil.
Also called the Flanders poppy, it became a symbol of remembrance for soldiers killed in World War I after flourishing on the battlefields of Belgium and France: She wore a corn poppy on her lapel for Remembrance Day.
Bloom's colorful segment
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- scarletBright orangish-red color
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
delicate · annual · nectar · pollinator · stamen · pistil · sepals · bouquet
Grassy field for grazing
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
- nativeOriginating from a place
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- roadsideAdjacent to pavement
self-seeding · naturalized · hardy · resilient · grassland · biodiversity · habitat · hedgebank
Belgian WWI memorial landscape
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- war deadMilitary personnel killed fighting
lest we forget · silence · wreath · ceremony · tribute · fallen · soldiers · battlefields
Fit for cultivation
- wheat fieldLand planted with cereal
- barleyGrain for malt
- cornfieldCultivated plot of maize
- harvestGathering mature crops
agriculture · weed · plowing · fallow · hedgerow · pastoral · countryside · furrow
petal
Bloom's colorful segment
wildflower · delicate · annual · nectar · pollinator · stamen · pistil · sepals · bouquet · garden
meadow
Grassy field for grazing
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
- nativeOriginating from a place
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
roadside · self-seeding · naturalized · hardy · resilient · grassland · biodiversity · habitat · hedgebank · wasteland
Flanders Fields
Belgian WWI memorial landscape
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
war dead · lest we forget · silence · wreath · ceremony · tribute · fallen · soldiers · battlefields · November
arable
Fit for cultivation
- wheat fieldLand planted with cereal
- barleyGrain for malt
- cornfieldCultivated plot of maize
harvest · agriculture · weed · plowing · fallow · hedgerow · pastoral · countryside · furrow · stubble
corn poppyforget-me-not
Small flower symbolizing remembrance
white poppy · war · destruction · oblivion
corn, poppy, corns, corned, corny, poppies, kernel, grain, granule