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poppy family

poppy family

6.0
A group of flowering plants like poppies with milky sap and seed pods
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : familia de las amapolas
  • Opium is derived from the milky sap of a plant in the poppy family.

Examples

  • Many species in the poppy family are valued for their ornamental flowers.

  • The poppy family includes both annual and perennial plants.

  • The poppy family includes many beautiful species.

  • Did you know that the poppy family has medicinal properties?

  • Many species in the poppy family are valued for their ornamental flowers.

  • Opium is derived from the milky sap of a plant in the poppy family.

  • The poppy family includes both annual and perennial plants.

Synonyms

Papaveraceae
vspoppy family
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of flowering plants that includes poppies

has identical meaning but is the scientific term for the family

Surface Forms

poppy family singular
poppy families plural

Morphology

poppy + family

The meaning is directly compositional: 'poppy' (a flowering plant) combined with 'family' (a grouping of related species) yields the family of plants related to poppies. This noun + noun taxonomy pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

The name poppy family pictures a group of plants all related to the common poppy, like members of one family. Many of these plants share a milky sap and round seed pods, so the name came to mean 'a group of related flowering plants'.