Plural of poppy
regular plural
The plural of poppy is poppies.
Forms of poppy
| Singular | poppy /ˈpɒpi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | poppies |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Poppies in a sentence
- Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England under 21 5 Iceland under 21 0: Match report”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph...
- These poppies have not seeded themselves yet.From the entry seed
- There is a reason why Irish presidents don't wear poppies (or hammers-and-sickles, or Japanese chrysanthema).2001 November 17, Mark Devlin, “Re: Wonderful poppies of flanders”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry chrysanthema
- They passed undulating fields of wheat speckled with the confetti of poppies and bluets.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 232. From the entry bluet
- Poppies, hemp, and darnel were scavenged, dried, and ground up to produce a medieval hash brownie known as "crazy bread".1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000…. From the entry darnel
Meaning of poppy
- 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.
- noun A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
- 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.
Questions about the plural of poppy
- What is the plural of poppy?
- The plural of poppy is poppies.
- Is poppy countable?
- Poppy is a countable and uncountable noun.
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