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California Poppies
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poppy (pòp´ê)
noun
plural poppies
1.Any of numerous plants
of the genus Papaver, having nodding buds with four crumpled petals, showy
red, orange, or white flowers, a milky juice, and capsules that dehisce
through terminal pores.
2.Any of several similar
or related plants, such as the California poppy.
3.An extract from the sap
of unripe poppy seedpods, used in medicine and narcotics.
4.Color. A vivid red to
reddish orange.
[Middle English popi, from
Old English popig, probably alteration of Vulgar Latin *papâvum,
alteration of Latin papâver.]