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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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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..

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

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

Poppyhead :: Poppyhead (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 seats, etc., in Gothic churches..

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

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

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

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

Linoleic :: Linoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts..

Papaverous :: Papaverous (a.) Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy.

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

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..

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

Albumen :: Albumen (n.) Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..