poppy seeds
- plural of poppy seed.
Example Sentences
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Three hours afterwards he was still immersed in the oil of cinnamomum with which the basin had been filled; and while he bathed he ate flamingoes' tongues with honied poppy-seeds on a spread ox-hide.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
"The seeds in it are poppy-seeds," explained Rudolf, "and you'll go to sleep and dream Bad Dreams forever, like the Knight-mare said, so you sha'n't eat it!"
From The Wonderful Bed by Knevels, Gertrude
On a table, on a silver tray, were different dainties prepared from honey—gingerbread, made with honey and poppy-seeds, sweet wine, and various other things.
From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de
There was silence at once, as if only poppy-seeds were falling.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Once she was helping an elder sister to make some cakes mixed with poppy-seeds, to give to her brother who was ill and suffering from want of sleep.
From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Fullerton, Georgiana
