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poppy meaning in Marathi

खसखस

UK/ˈpɒpi//ˈpɑpi/

poppy in Marathi: खसखस. In English, poppy means any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

Marathi words for poppy

खसखस

English meaning of poppy

  1. noun Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
  2. noun A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
  3. noun A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.
  4. adjective Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas).

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Questions about poppy in Marathi

What is the meaning of poppy in Marathi?
Poppy in Marathi is खसखस.
poppy चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Poppy: खसखस.
What does poppy mean in English?
Poppy means any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

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Marathi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “poppy”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: poppy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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