poppy
any plant of the genus Papaver, having showy, usually red flowers.: Compare poppy family.
any of several related or similar plants, as the California poppy or the prickly poppy.
Idioms about poppy
tall poppy, Australian. someone of preeminence or with a large income; important and powerful person.
Origin of poppy
1Other words from poppy
- pop·py·like, adjective
Words Nearby poppy
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How to use poppy in a sentence
Their poppy color and abundant contrast give these high-end panels an edge over much of their competition.
I remember pulling a tick from my sleeve, marveling that it was, quite literally, the size of a poppy seed.
Yet how their poppy seed-sized brain, with hundreds of thousands of neuronal branches that tangle into a cotton ball, powers those behaviors remains unsolved.
The Biggest Brain Maps Ever Created Are Pushing the Frontiers of Neuroscience | Shelly Fan | December 28, 2021 | Singularity HubSo he proudly watches his poppies grow while nervously eyeing a Drug Enforcement Administration crackdown on other would-be poppy rebels.
Choose a poppy color like coral, summer blue, and mint green.
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Music journalist Joel Selwin annotates, with a preface by Donovan, a foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, and an afterword by John poppy.
poppy Morgan went to her primary care doctor in 2010 because she desperately wanted to take a risk.
Dissed By Her Doctor for Wanting HIV Protection | Heather Boerner | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer gorgeous legs seemingly reaching up to the sky, Swift performed her new single, “Shake It Off,” with a bouncy, poppy energy.
Cases in point: girl starbabies named Autumn James, Gracie James, Mary James, poppy James, Agnes Charles and Lucy Thomas.
Hot Baby Names for 2014 | Linda Rosenkrantz & Pamela Redmond Satran | December 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo this day, I, like many in Britain, still wear a poppy on Nov. 11.
California seemed less like a voluptuous leviathan blowing poppy-dust that blunted the memory of all things beyond her borders.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonGives much, but claims all, and he who would open the poppy-gates must close the door of ambition and bid farewell to manhood.
Dope | Sax RohmerThe hills burst into buttercups, "blue eyes," yellow and purple lupins, the heavy pungent gold-red poppy.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonA second inferior quantity is obtained by pressing and boiling the poppy heads and stems.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferMartin turned as red as a poppy, as he flashed up in honest anger that such paltry meanness should be charged on him.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for poppy (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpɒpɪ) /
any of numerous papaveraceous plants of the temperate genus Papaver, having red, orange, or white flowers and a milky sap: See corn poppy, Iceland poppy, opium poppy
any of several similar or related plants, such as the California poppy, prickly poppy, horned poppy, and Welsh poppy
obsolete any of the drugs, such as opium, that are obtained from these plants
a strong red to reddish-orange colour
(as adjective): a poppy dress
a less common name for poppyhead (def. 2)
an artificial red poppy flower worn to mark Remembrance Sunday
Origin of poppy
1British Dictionary definitions for poppy (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpɒpɪ) /
of or relating to pop music
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