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Meaning of coquelicot | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈkɑkləˌkoʊ/

Definitions

A reddish-orange colour; poppy.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”
“'All these weeks we have wasted wrangling, and I knew from the beginning that it must be the green, and not the coquelicot.'”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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