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any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America

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  1. n. any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America
  2. n. spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico