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poppyseed

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The seed of the poppy, used as a flavouring in bread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English poppy English see English -d English seed English poppyseed From poppy + seed.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: papawersaad — the seed of the poppy
  • Arabic: خشخاش بَذْرَة — the seed of the poppy
  • Bulgarian: ма́ково се́ме (mákovo séme) — the seed of the poppy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 罌粟籽 /罂粟籽 (yīngsùzǐ) — the seed of the poppy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 罌粟種子 /罂粟种子 (yīngsù zhǒngzi) — the seed of the poppy
  • Czech: mák — the seed of the poppy
  • Danish: birkes — the seed of the poppy
  • Dutch: maanzaad — the seed of the poppy
  • Finnish: unikonsiemen — the seed of the poppy
  • French: graine de pavot — the seed of the poppy
  • Georgian: ხაშხაში (xašxaši) — the seed of the poppy
  • German: Mohn — the seed of the poppy
  • German: Mohnsaat — the seed of the poppy
  • German: Mohnsamen — the seed of the poppy
  • Greek: σπόρος παπαρούνας (spóros paparoúnas) — the seed of the poppy
  • Hungarian: mák — the seed of the poppy
  • Icelandic: valmúafræ — the seed of the poppy
  • Italian: seme di papavero — the seed of the poppy
  • Italian: grano di papavero — the seed of the poppy
  • Japanese: ケシの実 (keshi no mi) — the seed of the poppy
  • Korean: 양귀비 씨 (yanggwibi ssi) — the seed of the poppy
  • Malayalam: കശകശ (kaśakaśa) — the seed of the poppy
  • Marathi: खसखस (khaskhas) — the seed of the poppy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: valmuefrø — the seed of the poppy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: valmuefrø — the seed of the poppy
  • Polish: mak — the seed of the poppy
  • Polish: ziarno maku — the seed of the poppy
  • Portuguese: semente de papoila — the seed of the poppy
  • Punjabi: ਖਸਖਸ (khaskhas) — the seed of the poppy
  • Russian: мак (mak) — the seed of the poppy
  • Russian: ма́ковое зёрнышко (mákovoje zjórnyško) — the seed of the poppy
  • Russian: се́мя ма́ка (sémja máka) — the seed of the poppy
  • Sanskrit: तिलभेदः (tilabhedaḥ) — the seed of the poppy
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȁk — the seed of the poppy
  • Lower Sorbian: mak — the seed of the poppy
  • Spanish: semilla de amapola — the seed of the poppy
  • Swedish: vallmofrö — the seed of the poppy
  • Tamil: கசகசா (kacakacā) — the seed of the poppy
  • Turkish: haşhaş — the seed of the poppy
  • Ukrainian: мак (mak) — the seed of the poppy