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单词 poppy seed
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poppy seedn.

Brit. /ˈpɒpɪ siːd/, U.S. /ˈpɑpi ˌsid/
Forms: see poppy n. and seed n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poppy n., seed n.
Etymology: < poppy n. + seed n.
1.
a. The seed of the poppy (esp. that of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum), used as a flavouring, as a filling for cakes, to garnish bread, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > other spices
cubebc1300
madrian1357
anet seeda1398
poppy seeda1398
powder doucea1425
garquincea1483
spignelc1503
geland1714
mulatto1885
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] > opium poppy > seed of
poppy seeda1398
maw seed1724
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 231 Mowþes þerof..haueþ dyuers seed yliche to popy seed.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 579 (MED) Now popy seed in grounde is good to throwe.
1580 A. Saker Narbonus 2 The stinging Netle is salue for some sore: the poysoned Hemlocke retayneth some vertue, and the Poppy seede is excellente good for many thinges.
1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 855 A purer sort of Opium, taken from the Husks of Poppy-seed, being prickt, after some time of exsudation and insolation.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 149 A cold oil is drawn from White-Poppy Seeds.
1850 S. Judd Richard Edney & Governor's Family xiv. 188 She poured from her apron a quantity of poppy-seeds, which, she said, were for poultices.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 315 Swellings, varying in size from a poppy-seed to a pea.
1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. i. viii. 127 The special bread sprinkled with poppy-seed for the Sabbath repast.
1994 S. Chan Hmong means Free Introd. 13 The laborious work of planting the poppy seeds, thinning the seedlings, weeding the field, and harvesting the opium crop was done mainly by women.
2004 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. Nov. 22/4 Bialy—a round toasted bread generously sprinkled with onions and poppy seeds.
b. figurative. Something which induces sleep. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > hypnotic
poppy seed1640
hypnotic1681
somniferic1694
soporific1699
soporative1770
1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια 40 The eyes of his soule are brought asleep by the Poppy seed of Inconsideration and Carelesnesse.
2. The length of the seed of a poppy, formerly used as a measure of length equivalent to one quarter or one fifth of a barleycorn (barley-corn n. 3), and varying from 1/ 20 to 1/ 12 inch (0.13 to 0.21 cm). Now historical.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > minute unit of length
barley-corn1552
poppy-grain1656
poppy seed1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 136/2 Barly Corn, is the length of 4 Poppy seeds, and 3 Corns make an Inch.
1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery i. 76 The Barley-corn (the fourth part of an Inch) is subdivided into 5 Poppy Seeds.
1993 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 19 Jan. e1 It [sc. an inch], in turn, was subdivided into the length of three barley corns and the barley corns in turn were subdivided into the length of five poppy seeds.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as poppy-seed cake, poppy-seed cookie, poppy-seed roll, etc.
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1849 Littell's Living Age 1 Dec. 421/2 Poppy-seed cake was suspected of soporific qualities.
1877 Scribner's Monthly Apr. 831/1 Boys with poppy-seed cakes and sunflower seeds.
1934 Mansfield (Ohio) News-jrnl. 21 Sept. 19/4 Braided poppy seed loaf.
1959 Tamarack Rev. Summer 7 Hey, poppyseed cookies! Real stuffed fish!
1973 Listener 20 Sept. 377/2 Tea was served by Auntie Golda.., smoked salmon on black bread, poppy-seed rolls coated with cream cheese.
1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Oct. b1 The ladies' auxiliary..bakes up an oven full of makowiec, a favorite poppy seed pastry of the homeland.
1982 W. Brandmark in Everyday Matters 77 Lillian sat over her poppy seed bagel, listening to her brother.
2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 17 Sept. 66/3 A barbecued pork sandwich, sweet-potato fries, homemade bread, and poppy seed poundcake arrived at our table all at once.
C2.
poppy-seed oil n. = poppy oil n. at poppy n. Compounds 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > other plant-derived oils
oil de baya1398
oil roseta1400
alkitranc1400
laurinec1400
oil of spicac1400
seed oil1400
rape oil1420
nut-oil?c1425
masticine?1440
oil de rose?1440
oil of myrtine?a1450
gingellya1544
rose oil1552
alchitrean1562
oil of spike1577
oil of ben1594
myrtle oil1601
sesamus1601
sampsuchine1616
oil of walnuts1622
rape1641
oil of rhodium1649
rapeseed oil1652
neroli1676
oil of mace1681
spirit of scurvy-grass1682
beech-oil1716
poppy oil1737
castor oil1746
oil of sassafras1753
orange-peel oil1757
wood-oil1759
bergamot1766
sunflower oil1768
Russia oil1773
oil castor1779
tung-yu1788
poppy-seed oil1799
cocoa butter1801
sassafras oil1801
phulwara1805
oil of wine1807
grass oil1827
oil of marjoram1829
cajuput oil1832
essence of mustarda1834
picamar1835
spurge oil1836
oenanthic ether1837
tea oil1837
capnomor1838
cinnamon-oil1838
oil of mustard1838
orange-flower oil1838
resinein1841
mustard oil1844
myrrhol1845
styrol1845
oenanthol1847
shea butter1847
wintergreen1847
gaultheria oil1848
ginger-grass oil.1849
nutmeg oil1849
pine oil1849
peppermint oil1850
cocoa fat1851
orange oil1853
neem oil1856
poonga oil1857
xanthoxylene1857
crab-oil1858
illupi oil1858
Shanghai oil1861
stand oil1862
mustard-seed oil1863
carap oilc1865
cocum butter or oilc1865
Kurung oil1866
muduga oil1866
pichurim oil1866
serpolet1866
sumbul oil1868
sesame oil1870
niger oil1872
summer yellow1872
olibene1873
patchouli oil1875
pilocarpene1876
styrolene1881
tung oil1881
becuiba tallow1884
soy oil1884
tea-seed oil1884
eucalyptus1885
sage oil1888
hop-oil1889
cotton-seed oil1891
lemon oil1896
palmarosa oil1897
illipe butter1904
hydnocarpus oil1905
tung1911
niger seed oil1917
sun oil1937
vanaspati1949
fennel oil-
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] > opium poppy > oil from
poppy oil1737
poppy-seed oil1799
1799 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Syllabus Course Lect. Chem. 34 Poppy-seed oil. Hemp-seed oil. The above are easily rendered drying by metallic oxyds, and thickened by exposure to air.
1893 G. 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).
1942 R. J. Gettens & G. L. Stout Painting Materials 50 The cold-drawn oil is pale straw..in colour and is the ‘white poppy-seed oil’ of commerce.
2002 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 18 Wet-on-wet means she soaks the surface of the canvas with paint thinner and mixes her oil paints to a syrupy consistency with thinner plus poppy seed oil, copal and other mediums.

Derivatives

ˈpoppy-seed-like adj.
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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 832 A peculiar small poppy-seed-like growth.
2002 Cat Fancy May 34/1 (caption) Black, poppy-seed-like debris in your cat's fur or sleeping areas signals a flea problem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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