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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun poppy has 1 sense

poppy(n = noun.plant) Array - annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers; Array

is a kind of

flower

is a member of family papaveraceae, papaveraceae, poppy family

has particulars: iceland poppy, papaver alpinum, papaver californicum, western poppy, papaver argemone, prickly poppy, arctic poppy, iceland poppy, papaver nudicaule, oriental poppy, papaver orientale, corn poppy, field poppy, flanders poppy, papaver rhoeas, opium poppy, papaver somniferum, celandine, chelidonium majus, greater celandine, swallow wort, swallowwort, california poppy, eschscholtzia californica, golden cup, hunnemania fumariifolia, mexican tulip poppy, bocconia, macleaya cordata, plume poppy, blue poppy, meconopsis betonicifolia, meconopsis cambrica, welsh poppy, creamcups, platystemon californicus, flaming poppy, papaver heterophyllum, stylomecon heterophyllum, wind poppy, celandine poppy, stylophorum diphyllum, wood poppy

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CIDE DICTIONARY

poppy, n. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.].

Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule. [1913 Webster]

California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia. -- Corn poppy. See under Corn. -- Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn. -- Poppy bee (Zoöl.), a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa papaveris) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee. -- Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle. -- Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). -- Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (Silene inflata). See Catchfly.

poppy, n. [F. poupée doll, puppet. See Puppet.].

A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

poppy, n. (pl. -ies) any plant of the genus Papaver, with showy often red flowers and a milky sap with narcotic properties.

Idiom

Poppy Day = Remembrance Sunday. poppy-head
1 the seed capsule of the poppy.
2 an ornamental top on the end of a church pew.

Derivative

poppied adj.

Etymology

OE popig, pap{aelig}g, etc. f. med.L papauum f. L papaver

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Moderation

N moderation, lenity, temperateness, gentleness, sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating, anaphrodisia, relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ariston metron, moderator, lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum, rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, poppy or mandragora, wet blanket, palliative, moderate, lenient, gentle, mild, mellow, cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled, tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific, halcyon, unexciting, unirritating, soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne, hypnotic, sedative, antiorgastic, anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water, moderately, gingerly, piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason, est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters.

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