POPPY
NOUNS
1825 ► HEADACHE a rustic name for the wild poppy, Papaver Rhoeas, from the effect of its odour
1863 ► HEAD-WARK the red field-poppy, Papaver Rhoeas → Eng. dial.
1888 ► CANKER the common Wild Poppy; the dandelion; a toadstool or other fungus (Bk.)
1890 ► THUNDER-FLOWER the common red poppy, Papaver Rhoeas → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1904 ► RED PETTICOAT the common poppy, Papaver Rhoeas → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THUNDER-BALL the common red poppy, Papaver Rhoeas → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1950 ► XEROX COPY a Remembrance Day poppy → Aust. rhyming sl.
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