poppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒpi/
ipa: /ˈpɑpi/
rhymes: -ɒpi
Forms: form: poppies
Etymology: PIE word
 *péh₂wr̥
The noun is derived from Late Middle English poppy, Middle English popy, popi, popie (“plant of the genus Papaver; poppy seeds used as a spice”) [and other forms], from Old English popiġ (“poppy”), Early Old English popeġ, popaeġ, popæġ, popei [and other forms], perhaps from Late Latin *papavum, popauer, from Latin papāver (“poppy”), which may be from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”). Doublet of papaver.
Sense 3 (“artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts”) reflects the efforts of American professor and humanitarian Moina Michael (1869–1944) to popularize the wearing of artificial poppies in remembrance of those who fought and died in World War I; she was inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields” (1915) by the Canadian poet and soldier John McCrae (1872–1918): see the quotation.
The adjective is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row, / That mark our place; […] / If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow / In Flanders fields.
ref: 1915 May 3 (date composed), John McCrae, “In Flanders Fields”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, London: Published at the office, 85, Fleet Street, published 8 December 1915, →OCLC; republished in In Flanders Fields and Other Poems, New York, N.Y.; London: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons […], 1919, →OCLC, page 3:
text: We cherish, too, the poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led; / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies, / […] / And now the torch and poppy red / We wear in honor of our dead. / Fear not that ye have died for naught; / We've learned the lesson that ye taught / In Flanders fields.
ref: 1918 November 9, Moina Michael, We Shall Keep the Faith; quoted in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the First Session of the Sixty-ninth Congress of the United States of America (United States House of Representatives), volume LXVII, part 4, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1926 February 10, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3717, column 2:
glosses: Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
glosses: A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
examples: text: Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
ref: 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England under 21 5 Iceland under 21 0: Match report”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2011:
glosses: A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.
Derived terms: word: alpine poppy
taxonomic: Papaver nudicaule
word: arctic poppy
word: antipoppy
word: bear-paw poppy
word: bear poppy
english: Meconopsis, especially Meconopsis betonicifolia
translation: Meconopsis, especially Meconopsis betonicifolia
word: blue poppy
word: breadseed poppy
word: bristly Matilija poppy
alt: Dendromecan rigida, Romneya spp.
word: bush poppy
taxonomic: Romneya spp.
word: California poppy
taxonomic: Stylophorum diphyllum
word: celandine poppy
taxonomic: Papaver rhoeas
word: common poppy
taxonomic: Papaver rhoeas
word: corn poppy
word: Coulter's Matilija poppy
word: cut down the tall poppy
word: dawn poppy
taxonomic: Papaver rhoeas
word: field poppy
taxonomic: Papaver heterophyllum
alt: syn. Meconopsis heterophylla
word: flaming poppy
taxonomic: Papaver rhoeas
word: Flanders poppy
taxonomic: Papaver somniferum
word: garden poppy
alt: Eschscholzia californica et al.
word: golden poppy
taxonomic: Digitalis spp.
word: green poppy
word: Himalayan blue poppy
word: horn poppy
taxonomic: Glaucium flavum
word: horned poppy
taxonomic: Papaver nudicaule
word: Iceland poppy
word: matilija poppy
english: Romneya
translation: Romneya
word: Matilija poppy
taxonomic: Argemone mexicana
word: Mexican poppy
taxonomic: Papaver somniferum
word: opium poppy
taxonomic: Papaver orientale
word: Oriental poppy
taxonomic: Macleaya spp.
word: plume poppy
word: poppied
alt: Anthocopa papaveris
word: poppy bee
word: Poppy Day
word: poppy head
word: poppyhead
word: poppylike
taxonomic: Callirhoe spp.
word: poppy mallow
word: poppy red
word: poppyseed
word: poppy seed
word: poppy seed test
word: poppy straw
english: Romneya
translation: Romneya
word: poppy tears
word: poppywort
taxonomic: Argemone mexicana
word: prickly poppy
taxonomic: Papaver rhoeas
word: red poppy
alt: Glaucum flavum
word: sea poppy
word: Shirley poppy
word: snow poppy
taxonomic: Silene inflata
word: spatling poppy
taxonomic: Papaver dahlianum
word: Svalbard poppy
word: tall poppy
word: tall poppy syndrome
word: thistle poppy
taxonomic: Argemone mexicana
word: thorn poppy
english: Meconopsis
translation: Meconopsis
word: Tibetan poppy
english: Romneya
translation: Romneya
word: tree poppy
taxonomic: Hunnemannia fumariaefoliae
word: tulip poppy
alt: Hydrocleis nymphoides
word: water poppy
taxonomic: Meconopsis cambrica
word: Welsh poppy
taxonomic: Papaver californicum
word: western poppy
taxonomic: Papaver somniferum
word: white poppy
taxonomic: Papaver heterophyllum
alt: syn. Meconopsis heterophylla
word: wind poppy
taxonomic: Stylophorum diphyllum
word: wood poppy
taxonomic: Stylophorum diphyllum
word: yellow poppy
Related terms: creamcups
eschscholzia
opium
swallow-wort