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: ''For the of Montreal album, see'' Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse. : ''For the Sakura Wars character, see List of Sakura Wars characters. Coquelicot ( ) is a shade of red. The term was originally a French vernacular name for the wild corn poppy, ''Papaver rhoeas'', which is distinguished by its bright red color, and orange tint.〔''Webster's Unabridged Universal Dictionary'', World Syndicate Publishing, N.Y., 1937〕 It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a color based upon that of the flower. The first recorded use of this usage was in the year 1795.〔Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Coquelicot: Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample C10〕 Claude Monet painted ''Les Coquelicots'' or ''Poppies Blooming'' in 1873. ==See also== * List of colors 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coquelicot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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