coquelicot
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coquelicot
- /ˈkɑkləˌkoʊ/
- /ˈkoʊk-/
- /-lɪ-/
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Borrowed from French coquelicot (“red poppy”).
noun coquelicots
- A reddish-orange colour; poppy. It appeared baleful, fiery and red; it wore coquelicot like a crown of thorns, and cast a humid heat entirely unlike the fierce intensity of the desert sun.
adjective more coquelicot · most coquelicot
- Having a reddish-orange poppy colour. I still venture to retain the narrow silver round it, put twice round without any bow, and instead of the black military feather shall put in the coquelicot one as being smarter, and besides coquelicot is to be all the fashion this winter.
Talk about this word "coquelicot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coquelicot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coquelicot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coquelicot "coquelicot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coquelicot.Cite this
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title = {coquelicot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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