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Poppy

/ˈpɒpi/

Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

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noun

1
Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
2
A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
3
A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Sunday.

adjective

1
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Poppy"

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Word	Definition
celandinenoun	Either of two not closely related flowering plants:
cannabisnoun	A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
cultivationnoun	The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:
cropnoun	(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
potnoun	A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
opiumnoun	(uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
tastenoun	One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
flavournoun	British standard spelling of flavor.
maknoun	A surname.
mollynoun	(slang, uncountable) Pure MDMA powder.
daddynoun	(usually childish) Father.
dadnoun	(informal) A father, a male parent.
papanoun	(often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
grandpanoun	(informal) grandfather
papinoun	Abbreviation of Performance Application Programming Interface.
britenoun	—
mohnnoun	A surname from German.
papavernoun	Any plant of the genus Papaver, poppies.
common poppynoun	The poppy (Papaver rhoeas), widespread in western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly a common agricultural weed, now often used in gardens.
red poppynoun	the common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), native to western Eurasia and north Africa.