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Definition: Silene inflata
Spattling-poppy
\Spat“tling-pop”py\, n. [Prov. E. spattle to
spit + E. poppy.] (Bot.)
A kind of catchfly (
Silene inflata) which is sometimes
frothy from the action of captured insects.
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Knapbottle
\Knap"bot`tle\, n. (Bot.)
The bladder campion (
Silene inflata).
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Poppy
\Pop"py\, n.; pl.
Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
papaver.] (Bot.)
Any plant or species of the genus
Papaver, herbs with showy
polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species
(
Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the
species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the
plant. See Illust. of
Capsule.
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California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
genus
Eschscholtzia.
Corn poppy. See under
Corn.
Horn poppy, or
Horned poppy. See under
Horn.
Poppy bee (Zo["o]l.), a leaf-cutting bee (
Anthocopa papaveris
) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for
the lining of its cells; -- called also
upholsterer bee.
Prickly poppy (Bot.),
Argemone Mexicana, a
yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly
as a thistle.
Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy (
Papaver somniferum
).
Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (
Silene inflata
). See
Catchfly.
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Behen
\Be"hen\, Behn
\Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an
herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.)
(a) The
Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
(b) The
Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called
Silene inflata.
(c) The
Statice limonium, or sea lavender.
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Campion
\Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Pink family (
Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing
berries regarded as poisonous.
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Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family (
Cucubalus Behen
or
Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx.
See
Behen.
Rose campion, a garden plant (
Lychnis coronaria) with
handsome crimson flowers.
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