different between thistle vs poppy

English

Etymology

From Middle English thistel, from Old English þistel, from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz. *þ?h- from *teyg-, which is a variant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to prick”); from this same Proto-Indo-European root comes English stick. Cognates include Scots thrissel, German Distel, Dutch distel and Icelandic þistill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sl?/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Noun

thistle (plural thistles)

1. Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
   • , Genesis 3:18:

     Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].

2. This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
3. (heraldry) This plant used as a charge.
4. The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:

     Here's a passage which will please you: ‘It is said that when rich he twice refused the thistle.’

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Translations

References

• thistle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• thistle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Hittles, Lettish, listeth, lithest, shittle

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?pi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?pi/
• Rhymes: -?pi
• Hyphenation: pop?py

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Late Middle English poppy, Middle English popy, popi, popie (“plant of the genus Papaver; poppy seeds used as a spice”) [and other forms], from Old English popi? (“poppy”), Early Old English pope?, popae?, popæ?, popei [and other forms], perhaps from Late Latin *papavum, popauer, from Latin pap?ver (“poppy”), possibly from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *péh?wr? (“bonfire”).

Sense 3 (“artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts”) reflects the efforts of American professor and humanitarian Moina Michael (1869–1944) to popularize the wearing of artificial poppies in remembrance of those who fought and died in World War I; she was inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields” (1915) by the Canadian poet and soldier John McCrae (1872–1918): see the quotation.

The adjective is derived from the noun.

Noun

poppy (plural poppies)

1. Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
2. A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.

3. (chiefly Australia, Britain, Canada) A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.

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Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (pop?)

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See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}
• Appendix:Colors
• creamcups
• eschscholzia
• opium
• swallow-wort

Adjective

poppy (comparative more poppy, superlative most poppy)

1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas).

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Etymology 2

From pop (“loud, sharp sound; fizzy drink; to make or burst with a loud, sharp sound; to stand out”) +? -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).

Adjective

poppy (comparative poppier or more poppy, superlative poppiest or most poppy) (informal)

1. Having a popping or bursting sound.
2. Of a beverage: resembling soda pop; effervescent, fizzy.
3. Of eyes: protruding, sticking out.

   Synonym: bulging

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Etymology 3

From pop(ular) +? -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).

Adjective

poppy (comparative poppier or more poppy, superlative poppiest or most poppy)

1. (dated) Popular.
2. (music) Typical, or in the style, of pop music.

Derived terms

• poppiness

Translations

Etymology 4

From pop (“affectionate form of father”) +? -y (suffix forming terms of endearment).

Noun

poppy (plural poppies)

1. (endearing) One's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.

   (father): Synonyms: pappy, pop, poppa, (potentially derogatory) pops

   (grandfather): Synonyms: pappy, pop-pop

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References

Further reading

• poppy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• remembrance poppy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• poppy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia