Poppy /(?)/
Pop·py
Poppy
n.
pl. Poppies
- 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. (Bot.)
Phrases & Compounds
- California poppy
- any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.
- Corn poppy
- See under Corn.
- Horn poppy
- See under Horn.
- Poppy bee
- 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
- 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
- a species of Silene (Silene inflata). See Catchfly.
Poppy
n.
- 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. (Arch.)