poppy family
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pop′py fam`ily
n.
a family, Papaveraceae, of nonwoody plants of lobed or dissected leaves, showy solitary flowers, and a milky white or pinkish juice.
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| Noun | 1. | poppy family - herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs poppy - annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers genus Papaver, Papaver - type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers genus Argemone - prickly poppies genus Bocconia - tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya Chelidonium, genus Chelidonium - one species: greater celandine genus Corydalis, Corydalis - annual or perennial herbs of Himalayan China and South Africa Dendromecon, genus Dendromecon - one species: bush poppy Eschscholtzia, genus Eschscholtzia - showy herbs of western North America genus Glaucium, Glaucium - herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy genus Hunnemania, Hunnemannia - one species: golden cup genus Macleaya, Macleaya - a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy genus Meconopsis, Meconopsis - herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpic genus Platystemon, Platystemon - one species: creamcups genus Romneya, Romneya - one species: matilija poppy genus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria - one species: bloodroot genus Stylomecon, Stylomecon - one species: wind poppy genus Stylophorum, Stylophorum - wood poppies |
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