A bright red or orange-red color, like that of a poppy flower; in French, another name for the wild poppy.
From French coquelicot, from Old French coquelicoq, possibly from coq (rooster) because of the flower's bright red color; refers specifically to the wild poppy.
Coquelicot became a fashionable color name in 18th-century Europe—describing something as 'coquelicot' was more poetic than just saying 'bright red,' and it evoked the wildflower poppies of the French countryside.
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