poppy
(pɒpi )
Word forms: poppies
1. countable noun
A poppy is a plant with a large, delicate flower, usually red in colour. The drug opium is obtained from one type of poppy.
...a field of poppies.
2. countable noun
In Britain, on a particular day in November, people wear an artificial poppy in memory of the people who died in the two world wars.
She pinned the poppy to his raincoat.
...a wreath of poppies.
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Translations:
Chinese: 罂粟
Japanese: ケシ
- dado
- daemonic
- daffodil
- daffy
- daft
- daft as a brush
- dagger
- dahlia
- daily
- daily activity
- daily amount
- daily attendance
- daily barrage
- daily basis
- daily bath
- daily blog
- daily bombardment
- daily briefing
- daily broadcast
- daily calendar
- daily calorie intake
- daily catch
- daily chat
- daily chores
- daily circulation