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poppy noun [ ˈpɒpi ]

• a herbaceous plant with showy flowers, milky sap, and rounded seed capsules. Many poppies contain alkaloids and are a source of drugs such as morphine and codeine.
Origin: Old English popig, papæg, from a medieval Latin alteration of Latin papaver .

poppy adjective

• (of popular music) tuneful and immediately appealing.
• "catchy, poppy tunes"


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