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poppy
[ pop-ee ]
noun
- any plant of the genus Papaver, having showy, usually red flowers. Compare poppy family.
- any of several related or similar plants, as the California poppy or the prickly poppy.
- an extract, as opium, from such a plant.
- Also called poppy red. an orangish red resembling scarlet.
- Architecture. poppyhead.
- an artificial flower resembling a poppy, especially one received as evidence of a contribution to a fund for disabled war veterans.
poppy
1/ ˈpɒpɪ /
noun
- any of numerous papaveraceous plants of the temperate genus Papaver, having red, orange, or white flowers and a milky sap See corn poppy Iceland poppy opium poppy
- any of several similar or related plants, such as the California poppy, prickly poppy, horned poppy, and Welsh poppy
- obsolete.any of the drugs, such as opium, that are obtained from these plants
- a strong red to reddish-orange colour
- ( as adjective )
a poppy dress
- See poppyheada less common name for poppyhead
- an artificial red poppy flower worn to mark Remembrance Sunday
poppy
2/ ˈpɒpɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to pop music
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- poppy·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poppy1
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Origin of poppy1
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Idioms and Phrases
- tall poppy, Australian. someone of preeminence or with a large income; important and powerful person.
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Example Sentences
Music journalist Joel Selwin annotates, with a preface by Donovan, a foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, and an afterword by John Poppy.
Poppy Morgan went to her primary care doctor in 2010 because she desperately wanted to take a risk.
Her gorgeous legs seemingly reaching up to the sky, Swift performed her new single, “Shake It Off,” with a bouncy, poppy energy.
Cases in point: girl starbabies named Autumn James, Gracie James, Mary James, Poppy James, Agnes Charles and Lucy Thomas.
To this day, I, like many in Britain, still wear a poppy on Nov. 11.
California seemed less like a voluptuous leviathan blowing poppy-dust that blunted the memory of all things beyond her borders.
Gives much, but claims all, and he who would open the poppy-gates must close the door of ambition and bid farewell to manhood.
The hills burst into buttercups, "blue eyes," yellow and purple lupins, the heavy pungent gold-red poppy.
A second inferior quantity is obtained by pressing and boiling the poppy heads and stems.
Martin turned as red as a poppy, as he flashed up in honest anger that such paltry meanness should be charged on him.
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