poppy seed
seed of the poppy plant, used as an ingredient or topping for breads, rolls, cakes, and cookies.
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Monaco posits the bread may even have contained parsley, fennel, poppy seeds, and Roman Coriander in some markets, a testament to the Romans’ sophisticated style of bread-making and adventurous flavor combinations.
Eat like an ancient Roman by recreating bread from Pompeii | Alisha McDarris | September 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe Pele reactor’s fuel will be sealed in pellets the size of poppy seeds, and it will be air-cooled so there’s no radioactive coolant to dispose of.
The US military’s first experiment with portable nuclear reactors was short and tragic | Purbita Saha | July 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe dressed salad, abundant with chicken, flecked with poppy seed and fragrant with lemon, is piled onto plates, then juicy, sweet blueberries, a crunch of toasted sunflower seeds and scallion greens are scattered on top.
A salad with chicken, berries and poppy seed dressing is a bright, light summer meal | Ellie Krieger | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostThree pairs of hands appeared, gathered up the poppy seed, and bore it out of sight.
Russian Fairy Tales | W. R. S. RalstonIts food is canary seed, millet, poppy seed, and bruised hemp seed.
The Natural History of Cage Birds | J. M. Bechstein
They must be brought up on poppy-seed and the crumb of white bread, soaked in milk or water.
The Natural History of Cage Birds | J. M. BechsteinThough bread appears to be sufficient when caged, it is better to add rape, millet, and poppy seed.
The Natural History of Cage Birds | J. M. BechsteinWhen old larks are first made prisoners, they must be fed only with oats and poppy-seed to reconcile them to captivity.
The Natural History of Cage Birds | J. M. Bechstein
British Dictionary definitions for poppy seed
the small grey seeds of one type of poppy flower, used esp on loaves and as a cake filling
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