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POPPY
poppy
(noun) annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
poppy (plural poppies)
Any plant of the genus Papaver, with crumpled often red petals and a milky juice.
A bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
(chiefly, British, Canada) A simple artificial poppy worn in the buttonhole to remember the fallen in the two World Wars, especially around Remembrance Sunday.
Adjective
poppy (comparative more poppy, superlative most poppy)
Of a bright red color, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
Etymology 2
Noun
poppy (plural poppies)
(affectionate) One's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.
Etymology 3
Adjective
poppy (comparative poppier or more poppy, superlative poppiest or most poppy)
(music) In the style of pop music.
Etymology 4
Adjective
poppy (comparative poppier or more poppy, superlative poppiest or most poppy)
Having a popping sound.
Proper noun
Poppy
(mostly, UK) A female given name from English, a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.
Mma Ramotswe shook her head. There was nothing embarrassing about the name Poppy, but there was no telling what names people would find embarrassing.
Source: Wiktionary
Pop"py, n.; pl. Poppies. Etym: [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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 (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.
– Corn poppy. See under Corn.
– Horn, or Horned, poppy. See under Horn.
– Poppy bee (Zoƶl.), 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 (P. somniferum).
– Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (S. inflata). See Catchfly.
Pop"py, Pop"py*head`, n. Etym: [F. poupƩe doll, puppet. See Puppet.] (Arch.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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