romneya

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of plants of the family Papaveraceæ, occurring in southern California and Mexico. From other papaveraceous genera it is distinguished by the stigmas being united at the base into a ring but free at the top. R. Coulteri, the only species, is the California tree-poppy, or matilija poppy, a tall, somewhat shrubby plant bearing very large white hollyhock-like flowers.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. one species: matilija poppy