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poppy

pop.py \'pa:p-e-\ n [ME popi, fr. OE popg, popig, modif. of L papaver] 
   1a: any of a genus (Papaver of the family Papaveraceae, the poppy fam ily) 
   of chiefly annual or perennial herbs with milky juice, showy regular 
   flowers, and capsular fruits including one (P. somniferum) that is the 
   source of opium and several that are cultivated as ornamentals 1b: an 
   extract or decoction of poppy used medicinally  2: a strong reddish orange