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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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},  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  ({P.  somniferum}). 
 
  {Spatling  poppy}  (Bot.),  a  species  of  Silene  ({S.  inflata}). 
  See  {Catchfly}.




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