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 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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 prickly poppy
      n 1: any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow
           flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly
           of tropical America [syn: argemone, white thistle, devil's
           fig]
      2: annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly
         fruit [syn: Papaver argemone]