Definition of "poppy" []

• Any of numerous plants of the genus Papaver, having nodding buds with four crumpled petals, showy red, orange, or white flowers, a milky juice, and capsules that dehisce through terminal pores. (noun)
• Any of several similar or related plants, such as the California poppy. (noun)
• An extract from the sap of unripe poppy seedpods, used in medicine and narcotics. (noun)
• A vivid red to reddish orange. (noun)

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• "Anyway, these two are: left - a poppy from Anne R for the 1910s swap ( "In Flanders fields the poppies blow" - the poppy is the symbol of lives lost during WWI)."
• "Two reasons why you all are less than unanimous in poppy diagonsis:"
• "This prickly poppy is a superb example of the principle."