poppy

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of various plants of the genus Papaver, having colorful flowers usually with four delicate petals, milky sap, and a capsule with pores that release numerous small seeds.
• noun Any of various other plants of the family Papaveraceae, such as the California poppy.
• noun A vivid red to reddish orange.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A plant of the genus Papaver.
• noun One of several plants belonging to other genera of the Papaveraceæ.
• noun The foxglove.
• noun In architecture, same as poppy-head.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (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.
• noun (Bot.) any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.
• noun See under Corn.
• noun See under Horn.
• noun (Zoöl.) a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa papaveris) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.
• noun (Bot.) Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle.
• noun the seed the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).
• noun (Bot.) a species of Silene (Silene inflata). See Catchfly.
• noun (Arch.) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective Having a popping sound.
• noun Any plant of the species Papaver, with crumpled often red petals and a milky juice.
• noun a bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
• noun chiefly UK, Canada a simple artificial poppy worn in the buttonhole to remember the fallen in the two World Wars, especially around Remembrance Sunday.
• adjective of a bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
• noun An affectionate nickname given to a father or grandfather, or a male authority figure standing in a similar position.
• adjective music In the style of pop music.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers