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California poppy

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 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 poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.

Poppy bee (Zo["o]l.), 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 ( Papaver somniferum).

Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene ( Silene inflata). See Catchfly.

Wikipedia
California Poppy (album)

California Poppy is the third/junior album by California band OPM, released on July 18, 2006. It spawned two music videos: "For Tonight" and "Rock Me Slow".

Usage examples of "california poppy".

As if to underline that they broke out into another sunlit meadow, starred with orange California poppy, yellow goldfields, purple lupine and dense mats of cream-white yarrow thick among the tall grass.