POPPY


Meaning of POPPY in English

(poppies)

1.

A ~ is a plant with a large, delicate flower, usually red in colour. The drug opium is obtained from one type of ~.

...a field of poppies.

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2.

In Britain, on a particular day in November, people wear an artificial ~ in memory of the people who died in the two world wars.

...a wreath of poppies.

N-COUNT

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