poppy

IPA: pˈɑpi

Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
(chiefly Australia, Britain, Canada) A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.
(endearing) One's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.
(chiefly UK) A female given name from English, a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.
(informal) Former U.S. president George H. W. Bush
(as a term of address) Alternative form of poppy (“father, grandfather, or other male authority figure of a similar standing”) [Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.]

Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas).
Having a popping or bursting sound.
Of a beverage: resembling soda pop; effervescent, fizzy.
Of eyes: protruding, sticking out.
(dated) Popular.
(music) Typical of, or in the style of, pop music.

Examples of "poppy" in Sentences

This prickly poppy is a superb example of the principle.
Two reasons why you all are less than unanimous in poppy diagonsis:
Add wet ingredients and mix lightly, then mix in poppy seeds gently.
But the Taliban's dominance in poppy-growing regions, high unemployment and the sinking prices of other crops have kept the opium trade strong.
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).
Since the Taliban was toppled in late 2001, U.S. and other Western officials have sought to provide crop alternatives to Afghan farmers in districts in the south and west, where the bulk of the country's poppy is grown.