poppy seed

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   small grey seed of a poppy flower; used whole or ground in baked items

   Broaderflavorer

   Part ofopium poppy

Questions about poppy seed

What does poppy seed mean?

poppy seed means "small grey seed of a poppy flower; used whole or ground in baked items".

Is poppy seed a common word?

poppy seed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.