POPPY

noun (plural poppies) Etymology: Middle English popi, from Old English popæg, popig, modification of Latin papaver Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus ( Papaver of the family Papaveraceae, the ~ family) of chiefly annual or perennial herbs with milky juice, showy regular flowers, and capsular fruits including the opium ~ and several forms cultivated as ornamentals, an extract or decoction of ~ used medicinally, a strong reddish orange