poppy

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.

Any of various other plants of the family Papaveraceae, such as the California poppy.

A vivid red to reddish orange.

A plant of the genus Papaver.

One of several plants belonging to other genera of the Papaveraceæ.

The foxglove.

In architecture, same as poppy-head.

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.

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.

any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.