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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Poppy

/päp'-ē/ · Pop·py · IPA /ˈpɑpi/
01 n. Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) …
pl. Poppies ((#))
  1. 1.
    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.(Bot.) See: Capsule
Phrases & compounds
California poppy — any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.
Corn poppy — See under Corn.
Horn poppy — See under Horn.
Poppy bee — 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 — 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 — a species of Silene (Silene inflata). See Catchfly.
02 n. 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 sea…
  1. 1.
    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.(Arch.)