About The Word Poppy
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Poppy Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Poppy?
[n] annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
Synonyms | Synonyms for Poppy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Poppy: See Also | arctic poppy | blue poppy | bocconia | California poppy | celandine | celandine poppy | Chelidonium majus | corn poppy | creamcups | Eschscholtzia californica | family Papaveraceae | field poppy | flaming poppy | Flanders poppy | flower | golden cup | greater celandine | Hunnemania fumariifolia | Iceland poppy | Macleaya cordata | Meconopsis betonicifolia | Meconopsis cambrica | Mexican tulip poppy | opium poppy | oriental poppy | Papaver alpinum | Papaver argemone | Papaver californicum | Papaver heterophyllum | Papaver nudicaule | Papaver orientale | Papaver rhoeas | Papaver somniferum | Papaveraceae | Platystemon californicus | plume poppy | poppy family | prickly poppy | Stylomecon heterophyllum | Stylophorum diphyllum | swallow wort | swallowwort | Welsh poppy | western poppy | wind poppy | wood poppy Poppy In Webster's Dictionary \Pop"py\, n.; pl. {Poppies}. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
papaver.] (Bot.)
Any plant or species of the genus {Papaver}, herbs with showy
polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species
({Papaver somniferum}) opium is obtained, though all the
species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the
plant. See Illust. of {Capsule}.
{California poppy} (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
genus {Eschscholtzia}.
{Corn poppy}. See under {Corn}.
{Horn}, or {Horned}, {poppy}. See under {Horn}.
{Poppy bee} (Zo["o]l.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa
papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for
the lining of its cells; -- called also {upholsterer bee}.
{Prickly poppy} (Bot.), {Argemone Mexicana}, a
yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly
as a thistle.
{Poppy seed}, the seed the opium poppy ({P. somniferum}).
{Spatling poppy} (Bot.), a species of Silene ({S. inflata}).
See {Catchfly}.
\Pop"py\, Poppyhead \Pop"py*head`\, n. [F. poup['e]e doll, puppet. See {Puppet}.] (Arch.) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches. |
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