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Webster 1913 Edition

Poppy

Pop′py

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Poppies
(#)
.
[OE.
popy
, AS.
popig
, L.
papaver
.]
(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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Poppy

POP'PY

,
Noun.
[L. papaver.] A plant of the genus Papaver, of several species, from one of which, the somniferum or white poppy, is collected opium. This is the milky juice of the capsule when half grown, which exudes from incisions in the cortical part of the capsule, is scraped off,and worked in an iron pot in the sun's heat, till it is of a consistence to form cakes.

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