Noun: bocconia
- Small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
"bocconia grows wild in the Costa Rican highlands"; "Bocconia frutescens grows wild in the Costa Rican highlands";
- tree celandine, Bocconia frutescens
- Herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers
"The bocconia towered over the other perennials";
- plume poppy, Macleaya cordata
Derived forms: bocconias
Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree, poppy
Part of: genus Bocconia, genus Macleaya, Macleaya
Encyclopedia: Bocconia, Numidia