Poppy

n. [A-S. popig, papig, W. pabi, Fr. pavot, Pr. paver, papaver, Pg. papoula, Sp. papola, ababol, amapola, It. papavero, Lat. papaver.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Papaver, of several species, from one of which (P. somniferum, or white poppy) opium is collected.

n. [Fr. poupée, from L. Lat. popea.] (Arch.) An elevated ornament often used on the summit of bench-ends, desks, and other clerical wood-work, in the middle ages. It was sometimes a simple fleur-de-lis, sometimes a group of foliage, and the like;—called also poop. Fairholt.