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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers; southern United States to West Indies and Mexico;
[syn: Mexican poppy, Argemone mexicana]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poppy \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. [1913 Webster] California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia. Corn poppy. See under Corn. Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn. Poppy bee (Zool.), 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 (Papaver somniferum). Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (Silene inflata). See Catchfly. [1913 Webster] Poppy
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mexican \Mex"i*can\, prop. a. Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Mexico. [1913 Webster] Mexican poppy prop. n. (Bot.), a tropical American herb of the Poppy family (Argemone Mexicana) with much the look of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms. Mexican tea prop. n. (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed from tropical America (Chenopodium ambrosioides). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Argemone mexicana n 1: annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers; southern United States to West Indies and Mexico [syn: Mexican poppy, Argemone mexicana]