Pop·py n.; pl. Poppies   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.
 California poppy Bot., any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.
 Corn poppy. See under Corn.
 Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.
 Poppy bee Zool., a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa papaveris) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.
 Prickly poppy Bot., Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle.
 Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).
 Spatling poppy Bot., a species of Silene (Silene inflata). See Catchfly.

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 Horn n.
 1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.
 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.
 3. Zool. Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout.
 4. Bot. An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. “Wind his horn under the castle wall.”  --Spenser. See French horn, under French. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. “Horns of mead and ale.” --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See Cornucopia. “Fruits and flowers from Amalthæa's horn.” --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. “Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].” --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) Arch. The Ionic volute. (h) Naut. The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) Carp. A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.  “Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.” --1 Kings ii. 28.
 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
 The moon
 Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.   --Thomson.
 7. Mil. The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
 Sharpening in mooned horns
 Their phalanx.   --Milton.
 8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
 9. Script. A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.
    The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation.   --Ps. xviii. 2.
 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. “Thicker than a cuckold's horn.”
 Horn block, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called horn plate.
 Horn of a dilemma. See under Dilemma.
 Horn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn.
 Horn drum, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water.
 Horn lead Chem., chloride of lead.
 Horn maker, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak.
 Horn mercury. Min. Same as Horn quicksilver (below).
 Horn poppy Bot., a plant allied to the poppy (Glaucium luteum), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also horned poppy. --Gray.
 Horn pox Med., abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox.
 Horn quicksilver Min., native calomel, or bichloride of mercury.
 Horn shell Zool., any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus Cerithium, and allied genera.
 Horn silver Min., cerargyrite.
 Horn slate, a gray, siliceous stone.
 To pull in one's horns, To haul in one's horns, to withdraw some arrogant pretension; to cease a demand or withdraw an assertion. [Colloq.]
 To raise the horn, or To lift the horn Script., to exalt one's self; to act arrogantly. “'Gainst them that raised thee dost thou lift thy horn?” --Milton.
 To take a horn, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor. [Low]


 Horned a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.
 The horned moon with one bright star
 Within the nether tip.   --Coleridge.
 Horned bee Zool., a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head.
 Horned dace Zool., an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub.
 Horned frog Zool., a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.
 Horned grebe Zool., a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head.
 Horned horse Zool., the gnu.
 Horned lark Zool., the shore lark.
 Horned lizard Zool., the horned toad.
 Horned owl Zool., a large North American owl (Bubo Virginianus), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl, eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared.
 Horned poppy. Bot. See Horn poppy, under Horn.
 Horned pout Zool., an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout.
 Horned rattler Zool., a species of rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder.
 Horned ray Zool., the sea devil.
 Horned screamer Zool., the kamichi.
 Horned snake Zool., the cerastes.
 Horned toad Zool., any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also horned lizard.
 Horned viper. Zool. See Cerastes.

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 horn poppy
      n : yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along
          sandy shores in eastern North America [syn: horned poppy,
           yellow horned poppy, sea poppy, Glaucium flavum]