[pop-ee] 
| 1. | any plant of the genus Papaver, having showy, usually red flowers. Compare poppy family. |
| 2. | any of several related or similar plants, as the California poppy or the prickly poppy. |
| 3. | an extract, as opium, from such a plant. |
| 4. | Also called poppy red. an orangish red resembling scarlet. |
| 5. | Architecture. poppyhead. |
| 6. | an artificial flower resembling a poppy, esp. one received as evidence of a contribution to a fund for disabled war veterans. |
| 7. | tall poppy, Australian. someone of preeminence or with a large income; important and powerful person. |
| pop·py (pŏp'ē) n. pl. pop·pies
[Middle English popi, from Old English popig, probably alteration of Vulgar Latin *papāvum, alteration of Latin papāver.] |
poppy pop·py (pŏp'ē)
n.
Any of numerous plants of the genus Papaver, having showy red, orange, or white flowers, a milky juice, and capsules that dehisce through terminal pores.
An extract from the sap of unripe poppy seedpods, used in medicine and narcotics.
poppy
any of several ornamental flowering plants of the poppy family (Papaveraceae), especially species of the genus Papaver, which have lobed or dissected leaves, milky sap, often nodding buds on solitary stalks, and four- to six-petaled flowers with numerous stamens surrounding the ovary. The two sepals drop off as the petals unfold. The ovary develops into a spherical capsule topped by a disk formed by the stigmas. The many small seeds escape from pores beneath the disk when the capsule is shaken by the wind
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