[机] 蓟罂栗

[ noun ]
annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers; southern United States to West Indies and Mexico
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Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}.


Mexican \Mex"i*can\, prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Mexico.

{Mexican poppy} prop. n. (Bot.), a tropical American herb of
the Poppy family ({Argemone Mexicana}) with much the look
of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms.


{Mexican tea} prop. n. (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed
from tropical America ({Chenopodium ambrosioides}).