noun
herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits
• Syn: ↑Papaveraceae, ↑family Papaveraceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rhoeadales, ↑order Rhoeadales, ↑Papaverales, ↑order Papaverales
• Member Meronyms:
↑poppy, ↑Papaver, ↑genus Papaver, ↑genus Argemone, ↑genus Bocconia, ↑Chelidonium, ↑genus Chelidonium, ↑Corydalis, ↑genus Corydalis, ↑Dendromecon, ↑genus Dendromecon, ↑Eschscholtzia, ↑genus Eschscholtzia, ↑Glaucium, ↑genus Glaucium, ↑Hunnemannia, ↑genus Hunnemania, ↑Macleaya, ↑genus Macleaya, ↑Meconopsis, ↑genus Meconopsis, ↑Platystemon, ↑genus Platystemon, ↑Romneya, ↑genus Romneya, ↑Sanguinaria, ↑genus Sanguinaria, ↑Stylomecon, ↑genus Stylomecon, ↑Stylophorum, ↑genus Stylophorum
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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.
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poppy family,
a group of dicotyledonous herbs, widely distributed in north temperate regions, having a milky juice and flowers of various colors. The family includes the poppy, bloodroot, celandine, and California poppy.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.