Poppy

Poppy , noun

[Old English popy, Anglo-Saxon popig, Latin papaver.]

(Botany) 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.

Collocations (7)

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

Corn poppy , See under Corn.

Horn poppy or Horned poppy , See under Horn.

Poppy bee (Zoology) , 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 (Botany) , Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle.

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

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

Poppy , noun

[French poupée doll, puppet. See Puppet.]

(Architecture) 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.

Also: Poppyhead