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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. of Pacific coast of North America; widely cultivated for its yellow to red flowers;
[syn: California poppy, Eschscholtzia californica]


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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

California poppy n 1: of Pacific coast of North America; widely cultivated for its yellow to red flowers [syn: California poppy, Eschscholtzia californica]