Definitions for: Poppy


[n] annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers



Webster (1913) Definition: Pop"py, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
papaver.] (Bot.)
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy
polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species
(Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the
species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the
plant. See Illust. of Capsule.

California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
genus Eschscholtzia.

Corn poppy. See under Corn.

Horn, or Horned, poppy. See under Horn.

Poppy bee (Zo["o]l.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa
papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for
the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.


Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a
yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly
as a thistle.

Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy (P. somniferum).

Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (S. inflata).
See Catchfly.


Pop"py, Poppyhead Pop"py*head`, n. [F. poup['e]e doll,
puppet. See Puppet.] (Arch.)
A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It
is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows
which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.

See Also: arctic poppy, blue poppy, bocconia, California poppy, celandine, celandine poppy, Chelidonium majus, corn poppy, creamcups, Eschscholtzia californica, family Papaveraceae, field poppy, flaming poppy, Flanders poppy, flower, golden cup, greater celandine, Hunnemania fumariifolia, Iceland poppy, Macleaya cordata, Meconopsis betonicifolia, Meconopsis cambrica, Mexican tulip poppy, opium poppy, oriental poppy, Papaver alpinum, Papaver argemone, Papaver californicum, Papaver heterophyllum, Papaver nudicaule, Papaver orientale, Papaver rhoeas, Papaver somniferum, Papaveraceae, Platystemon californicus, plume poppy, poppy family, prickly poppy, Stylomecon heterophyllum, Stylophorum diphyllum, swallow wort, swallowwort, Welsh poppy, western poppy, wind poppy, wood poppy

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