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ˈpoppy-seed
1. a. The, or a, seed of the poppy. Esp. the seed of cultivated varieties of Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy, used as a flavouring, filling, or garnish for cakes, bread, etc.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iii. 579 Now popy seed in grounde is good to throwe. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 149 A cold oil is drawn from White-Poppy Seeds. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 315 Swellings, varying in size from a poppy-seed to a pea. 1932L. Golding Magnolia St. i. viii. 127 The special bread sprinkled with poppy-seed for the Sabbath repast. 1947F. Greenberg Cookery Bk. 382 Brush over with beaten egg, sprinkle with poppy seeds, and bake..about 50 minutes. 1978Observer (Colour Suppl.) 3 Dec. 81/2 For poppy seeds, you have to go to the delicatessen, and be prepared to grind them at home in an electric coffee mill.
b. fig. (Cf. poppy n. 5.)
1640Erotomania 40 The eyes of his soule are brought asleep by the Poppy seed of Inconsideration and Carelesnesse.
†2. Formerly used as a measure of length, varying from 1/12 to 1/20 of an inch. (Cf. barley-corn 3.)
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. iii. 136/2 Barly Corn, is the length of 4 Poppy seeds, and 3 Corns make an Inch. 1729G. Shelvocke Artillery i. 76 The Barley-corn (the fourth part of an Inch) is subdivided into 5 Poppy Seeds.
3. attrib. and Comb., as poppy-seed cake, poppy-seed cookie, poppy-seed roll; poppy-seed oil = poppy oil (poppy n. 8).
1943A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. iv. 100/1 (heading) Poppy-seed Cake. 1976‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair 134 The religious group..supported themselves by..baking poppy seed cakes.
1959Tamarack Rev. Summer 7 Hey, poppyseed cookies! Real stuffed fish!
1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 832 A peculiar small poppy-seed-like growth.
1893G. Terry Pigments, Paint, & Painting xi. 305 Poppy-seed Oils.—Oil is yielded by the seeds of three kinds of poppy—the opium-poppy (Papaver somniferum), the spiny-poppy (Argemone mexicana), and the yellow⁓horn poppy (Glaucium luteum). 1942Gettens & Stout Painting Materials 50 The cold-drawn oil is pale straw..in colour and is the ‘white poppy-seed oil’ of commerce. 1974G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 438/1 The seeds [of the opium poppy]..have some 44–50 per cent oil (Poppy Seed Oil).
1973Listener 20 Sept. 377/2 Tea was served by Auntie Golda.., smoked salmon on black bread, poppy-seed rolls coated with cream cheese. |