poppy fields

Crimson flower expanses

Poppy fields are expanses of land covered with poppies—flowering plants with papery petals in red, orange, or other colors.

Wild poppy fields create striking landscapes, as in Flanders or California.

Fields cultivated for opium production carry darker associations with drug trafficking: the poppy fields of Afghanistan.

The phrase evokes both natural beauty and narcotic danger.

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petals · bloom · scarlet · meadow · remembrance · war memorials · Armistice Day · opium · opium den · Afghanistan · morphine · heroin trade · poetry · Tower of London · blood red · alkaloids · Wizard of Oz · Lancaster

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Opposites
cultivation and landscape type

poppy fieldsrose garden

Cultivated bloom display area

vegetable garden · wheat fields · cornfields · orchard · vineyard

natural vs. industrial landscape

poppy fieldsindustrial zone

Area designated for factories

urban sprawl · city center · steel mill · strip mall · asphalt jungle

symbolic/cultural meaning

poppy fieldsrose garden

Cultivated bloom display area

manicured lawn · formal garden · English garden · cemetery · war memorial

Family

field, poppy, fieldwork, poppyseed, fieldstone

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG