POPPY SEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poppy seed mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POPPY SEED (noun)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

It is a form of poppy seed oil that contains iodine, some of which is the radioactive substance iodine I 131.

(iodine I 131 ethiodized oil, NCI Dictionary)

A synthetic iodine addition product of the ethyl ester of the fatty acids of poppy seed oil.

(Ethiodized oil, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of poppy seed oil that contains iodine.

(Ethiodized oil, NCI Dictionary)

A cytotoxic radioconjugate consisting of lipiodol, an iodinated ethyl ester derived from poppy seed oil, labeled with iodine 131 (I-131).

(iodine I 131 ethiodized oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Cerebral organoids are small spheres of human brain cells ranging in size from that of a poppy seed to a small pea.

(Cerebral organoid model provides clues about how to prevent virus-induced brain cell death, National Institutes of Health)