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poppy
poppy common name for some members of the Papaveraceae, a family composed chiefly of herbs of the Northern Hemisphere having a characteristic milky or colored sap. Most species are native to the Old World; many are cultivated in gardens for their brilliantly colored if short-lived blossoms. Many of... Read more |
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poppy oil
poppy oil. Oil extracted from poppy seeds, one of the most popular of the drying oils used as a medium for oil painting. It is less viscous than linseed and walnut oil and does not easily turn rancid. It is, however, slow drying. This turned out to be an advantage rather than a disadvantage when... Read more |
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Traffic
Traffic Rock band For the Record… Berkshire Poppies Read more |
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Invariant
INVARIANT In the first chapter of his book Transformations: Change from Learning to Growth (1965), Wilfred Bion defined the idea of the invariant and elucidated the link between transformations and the invariant. He used the metaphor of a painter, a painting, and a field of poppies to... Read more |
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Reinhold Moritzovich Gliere
Reinhold Moritzovich Glière , 1875-1956, Russian composer. Among his pupils were Prokofiev, Miaskovsky, and Khachaturian. His compositions, generally nationalistic with romantic and impressionistic elements, show the influence of Russian folk melodies that he collected in Europe and Asia. His... Read more |
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Bloodroot
Bloodroot Description Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis ) is a perennial plant with a white flower that blooms in early spring. It belongs to the poppy family (Papaveraceae ) and grows in wooded areas throughout the northeastern regions of the United States and Canada. The leaves are... Read more |
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Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st earl of Lytton
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton pseud. Owen Meredith, 1831-91, English diplomat and poet; son of the novelist, Bulwer-Lytton. He was in the diplomatic service from 1850 to 1875, when Disraeli appointed him viceroy of India; for his services in the Afghan wars he was created... Read more |
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onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia [Gr.,=word-making], in language, the representation of a sound by an imitation thereof; e.g., the cat mews. Poets often convey the meaning of a verse through its very sound. For example, in "Song of the Lotus-Eaters" Tennyson indicates the slow, sensuous, and langorous life of... Read more |
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The Royal British Legion
Royal British Legion. Essentially a product of the Great War, the Legion emerged from amalgamation of rival voluntary societies in 1921 as a non-party association of ex-servicemen, in response to demobilization confusion and disillusion in a time of industrial unrest. Disbursements to alleviate... Read more |
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Adelbert von Chamisso
CHAMISSO, ADELBERT VON(b. Ante parish, Marne, France, ca. 27 January 1781; d. Berlin, Germany, 21 August 1838)natural history, botany.Adelbert von Chamisso is known –if at all– by most readers as the creator of Peter Schlemihl, the man who bartered away his shadow. In Germany he is still a beloved... Read more |
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poppy
poppy Any annual or perennial plant of the genus Papaver...latex. The unripe capsules of the Asian opium poppy are used to produce the drug opium. Plants closely related to the true poppy include the California poppy and the Welsh poppy... |
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Barbican Theatre
...NY, 1984), with Derek Jacobi, and Chekhov's Three Sisters (1988). It also presented musicals: Peter Nichols's Poppy (1982; Adelphi, 1983), the enormously successful Les Misérables (1985; Palace, 1986; NY, 1987), and The Wizard... |
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Dawson, Jennifer
...shifts in attitudes to mental illness. Dawson's later work includes Fowler's Snare (1963), The Cold Country (1965), Strawberry Boy (1976), A Field of Scarlet Poppies (1979), and Hospital Wedding (1978, short stories). |
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infant feeding
...Ebers and Lesser Berlin (sixteenth century bc). Remedies recommended in these documents include rubbing the breasts with poppy plant whilst eating fragrant bread of soured Dourra to improve milk supply. To relieve breast pain it was recommended that... |
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Kennedy, Madge
...Beds (1914); Blanche Wheeler, the determinedly stay‐at‐home wife, in Fair and Warmer (1915); the title role in the musical Poppy (1925); and Mary Hutton, who learns to live with infidelity, in Paris Bound (1927). |
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Lemaire, Charles
...costumes for numerous extravaganzas of Ziegfeld, White, and Earl Carroll as well as for such shows as Wildflower (1923), Poppy (1923), Rose‐Marie (1924), The Cocoanuts (1925), The New Moon (1928), Strike Up the Band (1930), Flying High... |
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Lowell, Amy Lawrence
...met Pound, D. H. Lawrence, and ‘H.D.’ ( Hilda Doolittle). Her volumes of verse, which include Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914), Men, Women and Ghosts (1916), and Can Grande's Castle (1918), show her experiments in what she called... |
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Nichols, Peter Richard
...great technical virtuosity in bringing on stage the alter egos of the two main characters. After writing the book and lyrics of Poppy (RSC, 1982), a pantomime-style musical about the Opium War between Britain and China, he announced his retirement from... |
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opiates and opioid drugs
opiates and opioid drugs Opium is a crude extract of the seed capsules of the poppy, Papaver somniferum, which contains the opiate alkaloids morphine and codeine. Opioid drugs are synthetic derivatives that act... |
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Spofford, Harriet (Elizabeth) Prescott
...first of Mrs. Spofford's many collections of romantic tales, which include New‐England Legends (1871), A Scarlet Poppy and Other Stories (1894), Hester Stanley's Friends (1898), Old Madame and Other Tragedies (1900), and The Elder... |
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poppy
...striking off the heads of a row of poppies.From the 19th century, the scarlet poppy has been seen as emblematic...In the 20th century, the poppy as a symbol has been associated...dead of the two World Wars.Poppy Day another name for Remembrance... |
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poppy seed
poppy seed Seeds of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, used mixed with honey in cakes, and as a flavouring on the crust of bread and rolls. Also called maw seed. |
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tall poppy syndrome
tall poppy syndrome a perceived tendency to discredit or disparage those who have achieved notable wealth or prominence in public life; with allusion to the idea of the poppy as a flower whose showy appearance does not represent real worth. |
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Poppy
Poppy ♀ From the word denoting the flower, Old English popæg (from Latin papaver). It has been used as a given name since the latter years of the 19th century. It reached a peak of popularity in the 1920s and since the late 1990s has again been back in fashion. |
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poppy heads
poppy heads. In ecclesiology, the ornamental finials at the tops of bench-ends, in form somewhat resembling a fleur de lys. They became common in the 15th cent. |
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Glière Reinhold (Moritsovich)
...1913–20, then taught at Moscow Cons. His ballet The Red Poppy was one of first ‘social realism’ works of Soviet régime...Shakh Senem (1923–5) and Rachel (1943); ballets The Red Poppy (1926–7, rev. 1949) and The Bronze Horseman (1948... |
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opium
...scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy and used illicitly as a narcotic; opium addiction is a strong...Middle English, the word comes via Latin from Greek opion ‘poppy juice’, from opos ‘juice’, from an Indo-European... |
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sucker an even break, never give a
...humorist W. C. Fields (1880–1946), who is said to have used it in the musical comedy Poppy (1923), though it does not occur in the libretto. (Poppy was made into a silent film, Sally of the Sawdust, in 1925, and later (1936) into a... |
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papaveraceous
papaveraceous of the poppy family. XIX. f. L. papāver POPPY; see -ACEOUS. |
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Flanders
...found her so different from her picture...that...he swore they had brought him a Flanders mare.’Flanders poppy a red poppy, used as an emblem of the Allied soldiers who fell in the First World War. |
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remembrance
...recollecting, reminiscing. 2. she smiled at the remembrance synonyms: memory, recollection, reminiscence, thought. 3. we sold poppies in remembrance synonyms: commemoration, memory, recognition. 4. a remembrance of my father synonyms: memento, reminder... |
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spice
...juniper licorice mace mahaleb mastic mustard seed nigella nutmeg paprika pepper pepper flakes pickling spice pimento pomegranate poppy seed ras el hanout red pepper safflower saffron sansho sassafras sesame seed Sichuan pepper St John’s bread star anise sumac... |
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intersperse
intersperse • verb 1. giant poppies were interspersed among the rocks synonyms: scatter, disperse, spread, strew, dot, sprinkle, pepper. 2. the beech trees are interspersed with pines synonyms: intermix, mix, mingle, diversified, punctuate. |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Poppies can be grown from seed in February.(Home Garden)
...grainy purple singular to poppies and so decadent. My...of Renee Shepherd's poppy collections, this one...avoid mold. If your poppies inhabit a big tent...annual named California poppy. California poppies are cultivated much the... |
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poppy love
...fussy about soil. As for the annual poppies, the humble cornfield weed, the corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, hardly requires...poppies Argemone, a variety of alpine poppies... Are you tempted? Poppies: The poppy family in the ... |
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Poppy fever: choose from a world of colorful beauties.(Garden & Outdoor Living)
...flowering declines. These poppies do best in full sun...occasionally. California poppy (Eschscholzia californica...of native California poppies were so dense that sailors...In general, perennial poppies do better in cool climates. Himalayan blue ... |
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Poppy and its meanings
...used as offerings to the dead. Poppies are used as emblems on tombstones...Wizard of Oz to create magical poppy fields, dangerous because they...for the depiction and use of poppies in Greco-Roman myths is the...resurrection after death. The poppy of wartime ... |
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Poppy and its meanings.
...used as offerings to the dead. Poppies are used as emblems on tombstones...Wizard of Oz to create magical poppy fields, dangerous because they...for the depiction and use of poppies in Greco-Roman myths is the...resurrection after death. The poppy of wartime ... |
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Poppy planters breaking the law.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
...seeds of opium poppies to its U.S...skirmish in the opium poppy war, in which...making a case and poppy plants are also...who grow opium poppies may not even know...Wilson, author of "Poppies: A Guide to the Poppy Family in ... |
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Poppies taking center stage
...size. Iceland poppies produces flowers...the Shirley poppy bears single or...the fall. Other poppies include the perennial Alpine poppy (P. alpinum...Of course, poppies are infamous as...drugs. Plant poppy seeds as early... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Poppy love
...others."The wild poppy of the cornfield from which the Shirley poppies were bred is Papaver...spectrum, the Iceland poppies on the yellow side...seed of the Iceland poppy, you can create...assertion that this poppy "will come up ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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POPPY'S STORY: A FACE OF ADDICTION.(Main)
...based on several months of interviews with Samuel "Poppy" Baez, a 59-year-old chronic alcoholic and crack...http://www.timesunion.com/specialreports/poppy/. BOX: Poppy's story: A face of addiction Many have tried to help... |
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Sometimes Poppy doesn't remember.(short story)
I visited Poppy today. He was sitting in his favorite blue chair. I said, "Hi, Poppy!" Poppy smiled and said, "Hi, Davey!" My name isn't Davey. That's my uncle's name. My name is Timmy, but sometimes Poppy doesn't remember... |
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