poppies in English

noun
1
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.
Plants like peonies, poppies , and irises should also be planted in the fall season.

Use "poppies" in a sentence

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1. Poppies do not transplant well.

2. Poppies are a major cash crop.

3. Brilliant red poppies dotted the field.

4. But it is the poppies which dazzle.

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6. The field was ablaze with poppies and wild flowers.

7. Beyond the other rolled a grey - green savannah, gashed with poppies.

8. Make it rich as a draught of poppies to intoxicate me.

9. A wreath of artificial poppies has been held down by a brick.

10. The lion will fight the dragon on the field of poppies.

11. Burrasize Budzat if ever I saw one _ (Sea of Poppies, p .283)

12. He said nothing, showed no discomfort as his shirt blossomed with blood poppies.

13. The english lion will fight the dragon on the field of poppies.

14. 19 Between them they have 90 years of selling Remembrance Day poppies.

15. Beetroots are used to make red Dye, just like Red Mushrooms and Poppies.

16. The folds of her scarlet silk gown gave off the enervating smell of poppies.

17. She wore an elegant silk dress blooming with poppies in lilac and every shade of blue.

18. Biennials—including foxgloves, evening primrose, and Iceland poppies—have a life cycle that takes two years

19. While we planted wild poppies, Mrs Saulitis told me about her love affair with the sergeant.

20. 7 So one bee might specialise in red poppies, while another might focus on blue cornflowers.

21. In the fields on both sides, the grass grew high, interspersed with the crimson splash of poppies.

22. Greater Celandine, also known as nipplewort or swallowwort, belongs to the family of herbs called poppies (Papaveraceae)

23. 13 Come with us to enjoy Mount Usher whose lilies, poppies and peonies gladdened the heart of William Robinson.

24. Domestic vines and orchards, in patches of garden overgrown with poppies and clover, straggle as far up as the fortress.

25. The result was an explosion of more than 50 kinds of wildflowers, including larkspurs, lilacs, orchids, poppies, primroses, sunflowers, and verbenas.

26. Images include lush roses, dozens of daffodils, sprays of poppies, butterfly-Bedizened sunflowers, and clusters of water lilies and dragonflies

27. ‘These consist of pieces of root about 5cm in length taken from plants with fleshy roots, such as Anchusas, oriental poppies

28. A number of plants- Oriental poppies, Anchusas, phlox, lilacs, and more (and dandelions, of course!), can all grow from root cuttings

29. The flowers of Greater Celandine look like tiny yellow Poppies, but its fruits appear more like those of the cresses and cabbages

30. It’s an Alu, a burrasize Budzat if ever I saw one” (Sea of Poppies, p potato, a huge, freshly dug, lumpy potato

31. “Every November of my Boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given' their lives

32. Poet Carl Sandburg wrote a poem titled "Crossing Ohio when Poppies Bloom in Ashtabula." There is also a novel called The King from Ashtabula …

33. Fresh from a fantasy garden, these 31 full-page patterns feature lush roses, dozens of daffodils, sprays of poppies, butterfly-Bedizened sunflowers, and clusters of water lilies and dragonflies

34. At times inspiring, and at times heartbreaking, "As the Poppies Bloomed" tells a story of love and loss, set in the Armenian genocide in the early 1900's

35. 29 Among the creeping buttercup, cleavers, bindweed and ground elder emerged long-necked and peony poppies, blackberry, columbine, and a wild grass tuft of particular appeal to our cat.

36. Schoolchildren wear poppies as they take part in an Armistice Day ceremony marking the 92nd anniversary of the end of World War One, at the Siege Memorial in Valletta, Malta on November 20

37. He looked very clean and his nose turned up and his cheeks were as red as poppies and never had Mistress Mary seen such round and such blue eyes in any boy's face.

38. You can just take the DNA code from marijuana or poppies or coca leaves and cut and past that gene and put it into yeast, and you can take those yeast and make them make the cocaine for you, or the marijuana, or any other drug.