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amapola — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • poppy noun A plant with delicate, often bright red petals, some varieties of which are the source of opium.

Senses

amapola is used for these senses in English:

  • corn poppy The common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), of Eurasia.
  • poppy 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.
  • red poppy Any poppy with red flowers.

poppy — full definition

  1. noun A plant with delicate, often bright red petals, some varieties of which are the source of opium.
  2. noun A small red paper or fabric flower worn to remember soldiers who died in war.
  3. adj Having the bright orange-red colour of a poppy flower.

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