Poppy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·Alt. of Poppyhead.

II. Poppy ·noun 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.