'Poppies' definitions:
Definition of 'Poppies'
From: GCIDE
- Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.) 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 (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster] Poppy
Words containing 'Poppies'
- Poppied,
- Poppy,
- California poppy,
- Corn poppy,
- Horn poppy,
- Horned poppy,
- Mexican poppy,
- Poppy bee,
- Poppy seed,
- Prickly poppy,
- Sea poppy,
- Spatling poppy,
- White poppy,
- arctic poppy,
- blue poppy,
- bush poppy,
- celandine poppy,
- field poppy,
- flaming poppy,
- flanders poppy,
- iceland poppy,
- matilija poppy,
- opium poppy,
- oriental poppy,
- plume poppy,
- poppy day,
- poppy family,
- poppy mallow,
- tree poppy,
- welsh poppy,
- western poppy,
- wind poppy,
- wood poppy,
- Spattling-poppy,
- california tree poppy,
- clustered poppy mallow,
- fringed poppy mallow,
- mexican tulip poppy,
- purple poppy mallow,
- yellow horned poppy