Definition of "poppies" []

• Plural form of poppy. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "A handful of poppies from a field in Banyuls dels Aspres, in southern France (pres de Perpignan)."
• "The speed with which farmers are turning to poppies is confirmed by the Iraqi news agency al-Malaf Press, which says that opium is now being produced around the towns of Khalis, Sa'adiya, Dain'ya and south of Baladruz, pointing out that these are all areas where al-Qa'ida is strong ...."
• "We bought numerous garlands of roses and poppies from the Indian children, both here and at Santa Anita, a little village where we landed, and as we returned towards evening we were amused by the singing and dancing of the Indians."