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Tulip vs Poppy - What's the difference?

tulip | poppy |

As nouns the difference between tulip and poppy

is that tulip is a type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa while poppy is any plant of the species Papaver, with crumpled often red petals and a milky juice.

As an adjective poppy is

of a bright red color, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.

As a proper noun Poppy is

(mostly U.K.) {{given name|female|from=English}}, a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.

tulip

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa .
  • * 1876 — " No. CCCXL, April 1876, Vol. LII.
  • "The sturdy burghers of Holland took the tulip mania so badly that single bulbs that could not flower till another year would sell for more than $2000 apiece."
  • * , chapter=10
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
  • The flower of this plant.
  • See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Tulipa) * (Tulipa)

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    poppy

    English

    (wikipedia poppy)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (poppies)
  • Any plant of the species Papaver , with crumpled often red petals and a milky juice.
  • A bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
  • (chiefly, British, Canada) A simple artificial poppy worn in the buttonhole to remember the fallen in the two World Wars, especially around Remembrance Sunday.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. 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.}}
    Derived terms
    * California poppy * celandine poppy * corn poppy * field poppy * Flanders poppy * Iceland poppy * matilija poppy * opium poppy * Oriental poppy * Poppy Day * poppy red * poppyseed, poppy seed * poppycock * poppyhead * prickly poppy * Shirley poppy * tall poppy * tall poppy syndrome * Welsh poppy
    See also
    * * creamcups * eschscholzia * opium * swallowwort

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a bright red color, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.
  • Etymology 2

    Diminutive of (m).

    Noun

    (-)
  • An affectionate nickname given to a father or grandfather, or a male authority figure standing in a similar position.
  • Etymology 3

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    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (music) In the style of pop music.
  • Etymology 4

    .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Having a popping sound.