poppy field

Red bloom expanse

A poppy field is an expanse of land covered with poppies—the bright, papery flowers that grow wild in meadows or are cultivated commercially.

Red poppy fields evoke World War I battlefields and remembrance imagery.

Fields of opium poppies, grown for pharmaceutical or illicit purposes, carry different associations: The helicopter surveyed poppy fields in the Afghan highlands.

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Flanders · fallen soldiers · remembrance · opium · opium den · Dorothy · Oz · Wizard of Oz · yellow brick road · scarlet · petals · swaying · breeze · countryside · bloom · seeds · harvest · golden

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cultivation/vegetation type

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Outdoor vehicle storage area

desert · asphalt · rose garden · concrete jungle · wasteland

symbolic association

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Cultivated bloom display area

memorial garden · Eden · operating room · cemetery

landscape wildness

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Meticulously maintained grass area

formal garden · rose garden · topiary garden · golf course · English garden

Family

poppy, field, poppies, fields, fielded, fielding, fielder, fielders

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G