Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - poppy

 noun  (plural poppies)  Etymology: Middle English popi, from Old English pop?g, popig, modification of Latin papaver  Date: before 12th century  1.  a. any of a genus (Papaver of the family Papaveraceae, the ~ family) of chiefly annual or perennial herbs with milky juice, showy regular flowers, and capsular fruits including the opium ~ and several forms cultivated as ornamentals  b. an extract or decoction of ~ used medicinally  2. a strong reddish orange