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Definition of poppy

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Poppy (n.) 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..

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Celandine :: Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort..

Papaver :: Papaver (n.) A genus of plants, including the poppy..

Cop-rose :: Cop-rose (n.) The red, or corn, poppy..

Meconic :: Meconic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance..

Poppy :: Poppy (n.) 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..

Sea Poppy :: Sea poppy () The horn poppy. See under Horn.

Caducous :: Caducous () Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole..

Poppy :: Poppy (n.) Alt. of Poppyhea.

Papaveraceous :: Papaveraceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples..

Coquelicot :: Coquelicot (n.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose..

Pyrope :: Pyrope (n.) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note under Garnet..

Autocarpian :: Autocarpian (a.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape..

Sanguinaria :: Sanguinaria (n.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.

Spattling-poppy :: Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.

Poop :: Poop (n.) See 2d Poppy.

Poppied :: Poppied (a.) Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; inactive..

Cup-rose :: Cup-rose (n.) Red poppy. See Cop-rose.

Mawseed :: Mawseed (n.) The seed of the opium poppy.

Opium :: Opium (n.) The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy..

Glaucic :: Glaucic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid..