WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bocconia n 1: herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers [syn: plume poppy, bocconia, Macleaya cordata] 2: small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple- tinted green flowers [syn: bocconia, tree celandine, Bocconia frutescens]