poppy family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.

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Example Sentences

Members of the poppy family, Papaveraceae, span the globe from the Arctic to the tropics, but their flowers share a common quality.

From Washington Times

These members of the poppy family are hardy and easy to grow, and feature colorful spurred flowers held above fernlike foliage.

From Seattle Times

The tree-poppy is the only truly woody plant in the poppy family.

From Project Gutenberg

But then, proximity to the poppy family started him thinking.

From Project Gutenberg

Now this Sanguinaria belongs to the Papaveraceae—the poppy family.'

From Project Gutenberg