poppy seed
Americannoun
noun
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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
The internal anatomy of a prehistoric creature the size of a poppy seed has been revealed in “astonishing detail”.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024
The couple now run the dessert shop Coping Cookies on Capitol Hill, with seasonable flavors such as lemon-boysenberry, Earl Grey and lemon poppy seed.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
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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