What is "bocconia"

1. n. herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers [syn: plume poppy, Macleaya cordata]

2. small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers [syn: tree celandine, Bocconia frutescens]

Bocconia is a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, Papaveraceae, that contains about 10 species. Carl Linnaeus chose the name to honor the Italian botanist Paolo Boccone (1633–1704).