poppy seed
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of poppy seed
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
Example Sentences
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The LED recording light is about the size of a poppy seed, so it’s on you to tell people you’re wearing a wire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Many humans are infected when they’re nipped by nymph ticks, a period in their life cycle when they’re roughly the size of a poppy seed and barely visible to the naked eye.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025
One of the snacks we do is a smoked beef snack with seasonal fish and a poppy seed tart with salted citrus and chilli.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024
Developing a computer the size of a poppy seed capable of all these tasks is way beyond the ability of modern science.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024
In his “Sand Reckoner,” Archimedes first calculated how many grains of sand would fit across a poppy seed, and then how many poppy seeds would span a finger's breadth.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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