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单词 poppylike
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pop•py /ˈpɑpi/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -pies for 1.
  1. Plant Biology[countable] a plant having showy, usually red flowers.
  2. Drugs[uncountable] an extract from the juice of the poppy, as opium.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pop•py  (popē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pies for 1, 2, 4–7.
  1. Plant Biologyany plant of the genus Papaver, having showy, usually red flowers. Cf. poppy family. 
  2. Plant Biologyany of several related or similar plants, as the California poppy or the prickly poppy.
  3. Drugsan extract, as opium, from such a plant.
  4. Also called poppy red. an orangish red resembling scarlet.
  5. [Archit.]poppyhead.
  6. an artificial flower resembling a poppy, esp. one received as evidence of a contribution to a fund for disabled war veterans.
  7. British Terms, Idioms tall poppy, [Australian.]someone of preeminence or with a large income;
    important and powerful person.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English popæg, papig Vulgar Latin *papāvum, for Latin papāver
poppy•like′, adj. 

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