poppy family

noun

1. the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.

Example Sentences

Various plants belonging to other genera of the poppy-family (Papaverace) are designated as poppy.

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But then, proximity to the poppy family started him thinking.

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The blood-root belongs to the poppy family (Papaverace), which includes about twenty-five genera and over two hundred species.

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The tree-poppy is the only truly woody plant in the poppy family.

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