poppyseed

See also: poppy seed

English

Alternative forms

• poppy seed

Etymology

From poppy +‎ seed.

Noun

poppyseed (plural poppyseeds)

1. The seed of the poppy, used as a flavouring in bread
   • 1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana:

     These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers.

Derived terms

• poppyseed oil

Translations

the seed of the poppy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 罌粟籽／罂粟籽 (zh) (yīngsùzǐ), 罂粟籽 (zh) (yīngsùzǐ), 罌粟種子／罂粟种子, 罂粟种子 (yīngsù zhǒngzi)

• Czech: mák (cs) m
• Danish: birkes n
• Finnish: unikonsiemen
• Georgian: ხაშხაში (xašxaši)
• German: Mohn (de) m, Mohnsaat f
• Hungarian: mák (hu)
• Japanese: ケシの実 (keshi no mi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: valmuefrø n

  Nynorsk: valmuefrø n

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• Portuguese: semente de papoula f
• Russian: мак (ru) m (mak) (collective), ма́ковое зёрнышко n (mákovoje zjórnyško) (single), се́мя ма́ка n (sémja máka) (single)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: mȁk (sh) m

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mak m

• Spanish: semilla de amapola f
• Tamil: கசகசா (ta) (kacakacā)
• Ukrainian: мак (uk) m (mak)