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pop·py
(pŏp′ē)n. pl. pop·pies
1. Any of various plants of the genus Papaver, having colorful flowers usually with four delicate petals, milky sap, and a capsule with pores that release numerous small seeds.
2. Any of various other plants of the family Papaveraceae, such as the California poppy.
3. A vivid red to reddish orange.
[Middle English popi, from Old English popig, probably alteration of Vulgar Latin *papāvum, alteration of Latin papāver.]
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poppy
(ˈpɒpɪ)n, pl -pies
1. (Plants) any of numerous papaveraceous plants of the temperate genus Papaver, having red, orange, or white flowers and a milky sap. See corn poppy, Iceland poppy, opium poppy
2. (Plants) any of several similar or related plants, such as the California poppy, prickly poppy, horned poppy, and Welsh poppy
3. (Pharmacology) obsolete any of the drugs, such as opium, that are obtained from these plants
4. (Colours)
a. a strong red to reddish-orange colour
b. (as adjective): a poppy dress.
5. (Architecture) a less common name for poppyhead2
6. an artificial red poppy flower worn to mark Remembrance Sunday
[Old English popæg, ultimately from Latin papāver]
poppy
(ˈpɒpɪ)adj, -pier or -piest
(Pop Music) of or relating to pop music
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pop•py
(ˈpɒp i)n., pl. -pies for 1, 2.
1. any plant of the genus Papaver, having showy, usu. red flowers. Compare poppy family.
2. any of several related or similar plants, as the California poppy or the prickly poppy.
3. an extract from the juice of the poppy, as opium.
4. Also called pop′py red′. an orangish red resembling scarlet.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English popæg, papig « Vulgar Latin *papāvum, for Latin papāver]
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| Noun | 1. |  poppy - annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowersflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms family Papaveraceae, Papaveraceae, poppy family - herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits Papaver alpinum, Iceland poppy - Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers Papaver californicum, western poppy - showy annual of California with red flowers Papaver argemone, prickly poppy - annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit arctic poppy, Iceland poppy, Papaver nudicaule - subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers oriental poppy, Papaver orientale - commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers corn poppy, field poppy, Flanders poppy, Papaver rhoeas - annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated opium poppy, Papaver somniferum - southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium Chelidonium majus, greater celandine, swallow wort, swallowwort, celandine - perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers California poppy, Eschscholtzia californica - of Pacific coast of North America; widely cultivated for its yellow to red flowers golden cup, Hunnemania fumariifolia, Mexican tulip poppy - native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage bocconia, Macleaya cordata, plume poppy - herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers blue poppy, Meconopsis betonicifolia - Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes Meconopsis cambrica, Welsh poppy - widely cultivated west European plant with showy pale yellow flowers creamcups, Platystemon californicus - California plant with small pale yellow flowers flaming poppy, Papaver heterophyllum, Stylomecon heterophyllum, wind poppy - California wild poppy with bright red flowers celandine poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum, wood poppy - perennial herb native to woodland of the eastern United States having yellow flowers |
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Translations
خَشْخاشخُشْخَاش
mák
valmue
unikko
mak
mákpipacs
draumsóleydraumsóley, valmúi
ケシ
양귀비
papaver
aguona
magone
valmuefjellvalmueopiumsvalmue
mac
mak
mak
vallmo
ดอกป็อปปี้
hoa anh túc
poppy
[ˈpɒpɪ]A. N → amapola f
B. CPD Poppy Day N (Brit) día en el que se recuerda a las caídos en las dos guerras mundiales
poppy seed N → semilla f de amapola
poppy seed N → semilla f de amapola
POPPY DAY
Poppy Day es la expresión coloquial para referirise al Remembrance Day o Remembrance Sunday, día en que se recuerdan los caídos en las dos grandes guerras mundiales del siglo XX. La celebración se hace el segundo domingo de noviembre y en los días que preceden a este día se venden amapolas de papel con el fin de recaudar fondos destinados a las instituciones de caridad que prestan ayuda a los veteranos de guerra y a sus familias. Las amapolas representan las que florecieron en los campos franceses, donde tantos soldados perecieron durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.
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poppy
n → Mohn m
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poppy
(ˈpopi) – plural ˈpoppies – noun a type of plant with large, usually red flowers.
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poppy
→ خُشْخَاش mák valmue Mohnblume παπαρούνα amapola unikko coquelicot mak papavero ケシ 양귀비 papaver valmue mak papoula мак vallmo ดอกป็อปปี้ gelincik hoa anh túc 罂粟Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009