poppy

Converse of object

• wear: Wearing a poppy is the only way we have of doing that.
• grow: The Company grew the poppies in Bengal, refining them there to suit Chinese tastes.
• sell: Each year, volunteers will sell these poppies in the street all over Britain.
• buy: Posted by Blue Witch on 12 November, 2004 at 12:57 PM I don't buy a poppy either.

Preposition: as

symbol: Poppy As a symbol of fantastic extravagance ( scarlet ), consolation ( red ).

Adjective modifier

• scarlet: The planting is white throughout, with a scattering of scarlet poppies.
• oriental: Taking root cuttings It is very easy to take root cuttings of oriental poppies.
• perennial: In summer, it has pretty bright yellow flowers. £ 3.75 ( Papaver orientalis ) Oriental Poppy A hardy perennial poppy.
• tall: Tommy Rossiter and Brian Williams were both victims of the ' tall poppy ' syndrome we have here in local politics.
• red: Instead of a red poppy these have a small black piece of coal on them.
• Welsh: The Welsh poppies are continuing to produce the odd flower per plant.

Modifies a noun

• cultivation: The incentives offered to move out of poppy cultivation simply aren't enough.
• wreath: His grave bears poppy wreaths placed there by the British Legion.
• eradication: Poppy eradication has not exactly been a great success.
• seed: How about a few poppy seeds or even a little grated orange rind?
• petal: Thousands of poppy petals were scattered into a crater at the site.
• growing: The only way for Afghan farmers to make money would be through poppy growing.

Modifying Another Word

almost: I missed the title of the next song, a light and almost poppy song that went down well with the audience.

Noun used with modifier

• opium: Opium is the dried milk of the opium poppy.
• peace: Four hundred white peace poppies were planted on the ( off-limits ) Castle Mound, along with two Palestinian flags.