poppy¹ /popˈi/

1. A cornfield plant (of several species) or its large scarlet flowers
2. Any other species of the genus Papaver, such as the opium poppy, or of the related genera Glaucium (horned poppy; see under horn) or Meconopsis (see Welsh poppy below), etc
3. Also extended to various unrelated plants

poppˈied adjective

1. Covered or filled with poppies
2. Soporific
3. Affected by opium

Poppy Day noun

Orig Armistice Day (qv), later the Saturday nearest Armistice Day, or (later) Remembrance Sunday (qv under remember), when artificial poppies are sold for charity

poppˈy-head noun

1. A capsule of the poppy
2. A finial in wood, esp at a pew end

poppˈy-oil noun

A fixed oil from the seeds of the opium poppy

poppy seed noun

poppy water noun

A soporific drink made from poppies

blue poppy

A blue Meconopsis of the northern temperate zone

Flanders poppy

An emblem, from World War I, of the fallen British soldiers

Welsh poppy

Meconopsis cambrica, which has pale-yellow flowers

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