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  • noun Plural form of poppy.

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Examples

  • The speed with which farmers are turning to poppies is confirmed by the Iraqi news agency al-Malaf Press, which says that opium is now being produced around the towns of Khalis, Sa'adiya, Dain'ya and south of Baladruz, pointing out that these are all areas where al-Qa'ida is strong ....

    Opium farms spread across Iraq 2008

  • The speed with which farmers are turning to poppies is confirmed by the Iraqi news agency al-Malaf Press, which says that opium is now being produced around the towns of Khalis, Sa'adiya, Dain'ya and south of Baladruz, pointing out that these are all areas where al-Qa'ida is strong ....

    Opium farms spread across Iraq 2008

  • A handful of poppies from a field in Banyuls dels Aspres, in southern France (pres de Perpignan).

    baba cool - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • We bought numerous garlands of roses and poppies from the Indian children, both here and at Santa Anita, a little village where we landed, and as we returned towards evening we were amused by the singing and dancing of the Indians.

    Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

  • The first poppies came, orange-yellow and golden in the standing grain, and we went about gleefully, as though drunken with their wine, and told each other that the poppies were there.

    The Golden Poppy 2010

  • "But the poppies are here to-day," she said, glaring carnivorously upon their glow and splendor.

    The Golden Poppy 2010

  • The orange of the poppies is a difficult one to include in a pleasing color scheme, for most other flowers that bloom at the same time here are pinks and reds.

    May Bloom Day 2008 « Fairegarden 2008

  • They made an equally grievous error in Afghanistan by assuming that it would be easy to replace the cultivation of opium poppies, which is a 3 billion dollar a year business (and last year accounted for one-third of Afghanistan’s GDP).

    Printing: Bush Prepares to Cut and Run in Afghanistan 2006

  • They made an equally grievous error in Afghanistan by assuming that it would be easy to replace the cultivation of opium poppies, which is a 3 billion dollar a year business (and last year accounted for one-third of Afghanistan's GDP).

    Bush Prepares to Cut and Run in Afghanistan 2006

  • Some of the poppies are a deep orange-color, while others are a pale yellow.

    Stories of California Ella M. Sexton

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