poppyseed
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See also: poppy seed
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Noun[edit]
poppyseed (plural poppyseeds)
- The seed of the poppy, used as a flavouring in bread.
- 1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana:
- These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers.
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the seed of the poppy
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