Poppy

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  • noun. Any of various plants of the genus Papaver, having colorful flowers usually with four delicate petals, milky sap, and a capsule with pores that release numerous small seeds.
  • noun. Any of various other plants of the family Papaveraceae, such as the California poppy.
  • noun. A vivid red to reddish orange.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A plant of the genus Papaver.
  • noun. One of several plants belonging to other genera of the Papaveraceæ.
  • noun. The foxglove.
  • noun. In architecture, same as poppy-head.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.
  • noun. See under Corn.
  • noun. See under Horn.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa papaveris) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.
  • noun. Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle.
  • noun. the seed the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).
  • noun. a species of Silene (Silene inflata). See Catchfly.
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having a popping sound.
  • noun. Any plant of the species Papaver, with crumpled often red petals and a milky juice.
  • noun. a bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
  • noun. a simple artificial poppy worn in the buttonhole to remember the fallen in the two World Wars, especially around Remembrance Sunday.
  • adjective. of a bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
  • noun. An affectionate nickname given to a father or grandfather, or a male authority figure standing in a similar position.
  • adjective. In the style of pop music.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
  • Word Usage
    "Anyway, these two are: left - a poppy from Anne R for the 1910s swap ( "In Flanders fields the poppies blow" - the poppy is the symbol of lives lost during WWI)."
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    flower  
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    choppy  copy  floppy  gloppy  jalopy  
    Same Context
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    variant
    capsule