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poppy

po pee

  • n  annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers

  • Afghan men harvest opium in a poppy field in a village in Farah province, Afghanistan.
  • While land under poppy cultivation is down and farmers are switching to other crops, the country has become efficient at producing more opium per acre.
  • A NATO ad campaign expressing sympathy for local poppy growers sparks a furor among those leading Afghanistan's drug-eradication program.
News & Articles

  • Poppy hopes to stand despite another fall
    Poppy hopes to stand despite another fall Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 7:05 am, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Schenectady Poppy went back to the rock. It took less than two days of freedom for Samuel "Poppy" Baez to relapse at the end of a crack pipe in a seedy motel on upper State ...
    June 12, 2013 - Albany Times Union
  • Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer's Twins' Names Revealed: Poppy and Charlie
    Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer reveal their twins' names are Poppy and Charlie. Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WireImage.com
    June 12, 2013 - US Weekly
  • Legionnaires, Auxiliary of Unit 120 man poppy stations at Fort Lee
    The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 120 held its annual poppy drive on May 4. The Auxiliary and Legionnaires were posted at various locations on base to include the Post Exchange, PXtra, and Service Station to collect donations. According to an emailed
    June 12, 2013 - The Petersburg Progress-Index
Quotes

  • Mike Leigh in FOXNews
    I got to know Sally very well, and I knew the thing to do was to get her at the center of things, to collaborate with her to create a character that would tap into her own qualities,Leigh said. "She's not Poppy. But she's a burst of energy...
  • Martin Dempsey in Seattle Post Intelligencer
    Iran has a vested interest in actually getting rid of the poppy because that's where it ends up,Dempsey said. "There are opportunities in the region for finding common interests with Iran. But we can't act on those opportunities in the...

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