poppy
pronunciation
How to pronounce poppy in British English:
UK [ˈpɒpi]
How to pronounce poppy in American English:
US [ˈpɑpi]
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- Noun:
- annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
Word Origin
- poppy
- poppy: [OE] The Latin word for ‘poppy’ was papāver. A post-classical descendant, *papāvum, was borrowed into prehistoric West Germanic as *papau. This was later altered to *papāg, which became Old English popæg, ancestor of modern English poppy. Italian papavero ‘poppy’ is a reminder of the Latin word.
- poppy (n.)
- late Old English popig, popæg, from West Germanic *papua-, probably from Vulgar Latin *papavum, from Latin papaver "poppy," perhaps a reduplicated form of imitative root *pap- "to swell." Associated with battlefields and war dead at least since Waterloo (1815). Poppy-seed is from early 15c.; in 17c. it also was a small unit of length (less than one-twelfth of an inch).
Example
- 1. A honeybee approaches the blossom of a poppy flower in ludwigsburg germany .
- 2. Others have proposed the idea of licensing poppy production to make pharmaceutical opiates .
- 3. He has been widely accused of links with the poppy trade .
- 4. U.s. soldiers walk through poppy field during joint mission with afghan army in maiwand district in kandahar province .
- 5. 26 The government has also targeted the country 's enormous poppy crop , which helps to fund the insurgency .