poppy

Example Sentences

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“The idea is to take inspiration from where you would use things like fennel seeds, sesame seeds, or poppy seeds,” Ziata explained.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Your next visit to California’s poppy fields may come with a rattling surprise.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

During Tutankhamun's lifetime, for instance, people in Crete were linked to the so-called "poppy goddess" in clearly ritualistic settings.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

The LED recording light is about the size of a poppy seed, so it’s on you to tell people you’re wearing a wire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The bear-paw poppy, Arctomecon californica, is a wildflower found in an isolated comer of the Mojave Desert and nowhere else in the world.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer