poppy

Speech parts

1. poppy - Noun

2. poppy - Adjective

3. Poppy - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Alt. of Poppyhead

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

papaver opium poppy ruby scarlet crimson carmine burgundy carnation maroon ruddy vermilion damask red rose cherry
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Antonyms

wan white neutral pale bloodless pallid
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Hypernyms

plant flower

Hyponyms

California poppy celandine prickly poppy opium poppy swallowwort golden cup

Phrases with the word

tall poppy breadseed poppy cut down the tall poppy as red as a poppy red as a poppy golden poppy

Derivatives

poppies

Examples

They used to pour millet on graves or poppy seeds To feed the dead who would come disguised as birds. I put this book here for you, who once lived So that you should visit us no more. Czesław Miłosz

Thou'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell; And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well And better than thy stroke. John Donne

I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours. Dorothy Parker

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare; And left the flushed print in a poppy there: Like a yawn of fire from the grass it came, And the fanning wind puffed it to flapping flame. Francis Thompson

Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can. Jennifer Egan

Whoever tastes from the head of a poppy will not expect any thing from love. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

popply poppodom poppodum poppy acid poppy bee poppy cultivation