Definition of Popy
Pop"py (?), n.; pl.
Poppies (#). [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
papaver.] (Bot.) 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.
California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-
flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia. -- Corn
poppy. See under Corn. --
Horn, or Horned,
poppy. See under Horn. --
Poppy bee (Zoöl.), a leaf-cutting
bee (Anthocopa papaveris) which uses pieces cut from poppy
petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer
bee. -- Prickly poppy (Bot.),
Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy
family, but as prickly as a thistle. -- Poppy
seed, the seed the opium poppy (P.
somniferum). -- Spatling poppy
(Bot.), a species of Silene (S. inflata). See
Catchfly.
{ Pop"py (?), Pop"py*head` (?), }
n. [F. poupée doll, puppet. See
Puppet.] (Arch.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any plant of the species Papaver, with crumpled often red petals and a milky juice.
- (colour) a bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
poppy colour:
- (mostly British, Canadian) a simple artificial poppy worn in the buttonhole to remember the fallen in the two World Wars
- In the style of pop music
- (colour) of a bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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