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n. (poppy English)
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Poppy \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 ...
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Poppies can refer to: Poppy , a plant The Poppies (disambiguation) - multiple uses "Poppies", a song by Patti Smith Group from their 1976 album Radio Ethiopia "Poppies", the first track on the debut album by Marcy Playground . Remembrance poppy , commemorates ...
Usage examples of poppies.
A little, cool breeze raced down from the watching steeps like a messenger, whispered to the nodding poppies, sighed and was gone.
Mile after mile we trudged through the blue poppies, discussing the enigmas of the twilight and of the night.
For stone and earth had been crushed, compressed, into a smooth, microscopically grained, adamantine complex, and in this matrix poppies still bearing traces of their coloring were imbedded like fossils.
All the bushes and the trees, all the poppies and the grass are just as they ought to be.
The sounds of the poppies parting, stalks whooshing, and he longed to look but could not.
There was a light breeze and the entire spectrum of poppies genuflected.
Nothing would grow in the poisoned land except poppies, the Ugly poppies.
There were big yellow and white and blue and purple blossoms, besides great clusters of scarlet poppies, which were so brilliant in color they almost dazzled Dorothy’s eyes.
Her eyes closed in spite of herself and she forgot where she was and fell among the poppies, fast asleep.
Then the Queen hurriedly gave her people the order to start, for she feared if the mice stayed among the poppies too long they also would fall asleep.
There were big yellow and white and blue and purple blossoms, besides great clusters of scarlet poppies, which were so brilliant in color they almost dazzled Dorothy's eyes.