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Definition of: Eschscholtzia
(e·shōlt′sē·ə, e·sholt′-, esh·kolt′-) noun
A genus of smooth herbs of the poppy family with dissected leaves and long–peduncled yellow flowers of western North America. The California poppy is the best known. [<NL, after J. F. von Eschscholtz, 1793–1831, German naturalist]
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