Where does “taggvallmo” come from?

taggvallmo (Swedish) comes from Swedish vallmo — poppy.

taggvallmo (Swedish): prickly poppy, any poppy in the genus Argemone

Definitions

  1. prickly poppy, any poppy in the genus Argemone

Ancestry of “taggvallmo”, step by step

taggvallmo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish vallmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvallmopoppy

via Swedish tagg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtagga thorn; a spine; a quill (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on a plant, animal, or shell)
Every word from Swedish vallmo