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How many poppies are distributed in Canada each year?
18 million
Which country does the Lily represent on the Canada coat of arms?
It repersents Canada
What does the leaf on the Canada flag represent?
maple tree
What province did James cockburn represent?
Canada west
Is Canada's democracy representative or direct?
Oh yes, we still have elections in Canada, and we elect members of Parliament to represent the voters.
Do the poppies falling represent anything?
They represent every dead soldier in the wars.
What is the significance of poppies represent?
They represent World War 1 remembrance day.
How do poppies represent World War 1?
They don't
How many poppies are distributed in Canada each year?
18 million
Why do poppies represent Rememberence day?
Poppies were the only plants that grew in the ravaged fields of World War I. John McCrae wrote a poem "In Flanders Field" after being inspired by the poppies growing in the battlefield, and when the poem was published, poppies became associated with remembering the soldiers who gave their lives.
What is a poppy used for?
In the runup to Rembrance Day, 11th November, we wear poppies to represent the fact that after World War One, the only thing that grew in the war fields was poppies.
Why were poppies sacred to Demeter?
Mekon was mortal, but poppies represent the goddess Demeter as the bringer of sleep or death. Poppies were used in Greco-Roman myths as offerings to the dead: a second meaning of the depiction and use of poppies in the Greco-Roman myths is the symbolism of the bright scarlet colour as signifying the promise of resurrection after death.
Why does poppies represent Demeter?
Because Mekon, a man loved by the goddess Demeter was metamorphosed into a poppy flower.
What do red poppies represent?
Red symbolizes the blood of the fallen soldiers, black is the grief over them, and green is the hope.
Why does the poppy represent anzac day?
Because they represent poppies from Flanders in Belgium. In this particular region thousand of lives were lost during the first world war. Poppies grew in the fields after the war. So the poppies don't directly represent the fighting at Gallipoli but are used to remember the dead from all of WW1
What is the name of daffodils violets and poppies?
Daffodils, violets and poppies all belong to the phylum Angiospermae, also known as Magnoliophyta. Angioserms represent all of the flowering plants. The next step down in classification (taxonomy) shows the daffodil to be a moncot and the violets and poppies are dicots, so they can't all be grouped together here.
What is the collective noun for poppies?
A collective noun for poppies is a field of poppies.
