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 Definitions of Poppy  [ˈpɒp i]  

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Definition of 'Poppy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) poppy
any plant of the genus Papaver, having showy, usu. red flowers.

2.  poppy
any of several related or similar plants, as the California poppy or the prickly poppy.

3.  poppy
an extract from the juice of the poppy, as opium.

4.  poppy
Also called poppy red. an orangish red resembling scarlet.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME; OE popæg, papig&indirdesc; VL *papāvum, for L papāver)

Definition of 'Poppy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) poppy
annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers


Definition of 'Poppy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Poppy
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

2. (noun) Poppy
alt. of Poppyhead


Translation of 'Poppy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of plant with large, usually red flowers.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: papawer Arabic flag Arabic: خَشْخاش Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мак
Brazilian flag Brazilian: papoula Czech flag Czech: mák German flag German: der Mohn
Danish flag Danish: valmue Greek flag Greek: παπαρούνα Spanish flag Spanish: amapola
Estonian flag Estonian: moon Farsi flag Farsi: خشخاش Finnish flag Finnish: unikko
French flag French: pavot Hebrew flag Hebrew: פֶּרֶג Hindi flag Hindi: पोस्ता, पोस्त
Croatian flag Croatian: mak Hungarian flag Hungarian: pipacs Indonesian flag Indonesian: pohon opium
Icelandic flag Icelandic: draumsóley, valmúi Italian flag Italian: papavero Japanese flag Japanese: けし
Korean flag Korean: 양귀비, 아편 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: aguona Latvian flag Latvian: magone
Malay flag Malay: pokok popi Dutch flag Dutch: papaver Norwegian flag Norwegian: valmue
Polish flag Polish: mak Persian flag Persian: خشخاش Pashto flag Pashto: خشخاش
Portuguese flag Portuguese: papoila Romanian flag Romanian: mac Russian flag Russian: мак
Slovak flag Slovak: mak Slovenian flag Slovenian: mak Serbian flag Serbian: mak
Swedish flag Swedish: vallmo Thai flag Thai: ต้นป๊อบปี้ Turkish flag Turkish: gelincik (çiçeği)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 罌粟屬植物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: мак Urdu flag Urdu: خشخاش، پوستہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây anh túc Chinese flag Chinese: 罂粟属植物

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