redweed
A folk name for the common red poppy (Papaver rhoeas), a weed of arable fields notorious for spreading where soil is disturbed.
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A folk name for the common red poppy (Papaver rhoeas), a weed of arable fields notorious for spreading where soil is disturbed. The name gained new cultural resonance after H.G. Wells used 'red weed' for the Martian plant that spreads across Earth in The War of the Worlds (1898).
The edges of the barley field blazed with redweed, a vivid scarlet against the green stalks.
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(Australia) ().
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Red poppy ().
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Red algae of the genus .
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