poppy

Noun
US[pop-ee]/ˈpɑpi/2 syllables

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Noun (1)poppies

  1. annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowersType of flowerKinds creamcups, celandine poppy, Iceland poppy, blue poppy, plume poppy, golden cup, corn poppy, prickly poppy, opium poppy, western poppy +5 moreMember of Papaveraceae, family Papaveraceae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pop′py noun; pl. Poppies (#).

Origin: OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.

Botany 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.

California poppy Botany, any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia. — Corn poppy. See under Corn. — Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn. — Poppy bee Zoology, 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 Botany, 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 Botany, a species of Silene (Silene inflata). See Catchfly.

Pop′py, Pop′py·head′ noun

Origin: F. poupée doll, puppet. See Puppet.

Architecture 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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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