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poppy

/ˈpɑpi/ adjective C2
  1. Having a popping or bursting sound. (informal)
  2. Of a beverage: resembling soda pop; effervescent, fizzy. (informal)
  3. Of eyes: protruding, sticking out. (informal)

Comparative poppier · Superlative poppiest

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Soon they rolled the Lion out of the poppy bed to the green fields, where he could breathe the sweet, fresh air again, instead of the poisonous scent of the flowers.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 55 · B2
## Chapter VIII The Deadly Poppy Field
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 44 · B2
The flowers had been too strong for the huge beast and he had given up at last, and fallen only a short distance from the end of the poppy bed, where the sweet grass spread in beautiful green fields before them.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 50 · B2
They carried the sleeping girl to a pretty spot beside the river, far enough from the poppy field to prevent her breathing any more of the poison of the flowers, and here they laid her gently on the soft grass and waited for the fresh breeze to waken her.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 51 · B2

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