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POPPY SEED

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• POPPY SEED (noun)
The noun POPPY SEED has 1 sense:

1. small grey seed of a poppy flower; used whole or ground in baked items

Familiarity information: POPPY SEED used as a noun is very rare.

• POPPY SEED (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small grey seed of a poppy flower; used whole or ground in baked items

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("poppy seed" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Holonyms ("poppy seed" is a part of...):

opium poppy; Papaver somniferum (southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium)

"Two's company, three's a crowd."
(English proverb)
"The cheap thing isn’t without problem, the expensive without help."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"Spring won't come with one flower."
(Armenian proverb)
"Some work, others merely daydream."
(Corsican proverb)

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