poppy
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Apart from poppy seeds, the product also contains sesame seeds, sea salt, minced garlic and minced onion.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Flowers played a prominent role, with a spray of daffodils bursting from one skirt or the red-orange petals of California's poppy, the state flower, cascading down a dress.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
PopUp bagels are not much bigger than a palm, and come in just five flavors: plain, poppy, salt, sesame and everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Swap out the poppy seeds for chia seeds and add sesame seeds, onion flakes, garlic powder and flaky sea salt to make an omega-3-rich rendition of the popular Everything Bagel Seasoning.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026
Concerned that Fanny was not improving, Emma and Elizabeth sent for the apothecary, a Mr. B., who “ordered fomentation with poppy heads,” Emma noted.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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As late as the 1800s, most commodities were cultivated: Cinnamon bark was peeled and rolled into quills, opium juiced from poppies, and tea leaves dried out in the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Then, from their ideas, we drew out a lot of poppies, peacocks. We took their designs, and we talked to an artist to make it more feasible.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The soldiers are shadowed by an allegorical figure carrying poppies, symbolizing sleep—an analog, in the art of the time, for death—and a laurel branch symbolizing peace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
John Pickles, a "postcode gardener" with Friends of the Earth, said a patch of grass on the Orchard Park estate had been brought to life with flowers including ox-eye daisies, purple thistles and yellow poppies.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Before the door poppies bloom, and other drowsy herbs.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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