Hypernyms for "poppy"
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arctic poppy
blue poppy
bocconia
California poppy
celandine
celandine poppy
Chelidonium majus
corn poppy
creamcups
Eschscholtzia californica
field poppy
flaming poppy
Flanders poppy
golden cup
greater celandine
Hunnemania fumariifolia
Iceland poppy
Macleaya cordata
Meconopsis betonicifolia
Meconopsis cambrica
Mexican tulip poppy
opium poppy
oriental poppy
Papaver alpinum
Papaver argemone
Papaver californicum
Papaver heterophyllum
Papaver nudicaule
Papaver orientale
Papaver rhoeas
Papaver somniferum
Platystemon californicus
plume poppy
prickly poppy
Stylomecon heterophyllum
Stylophorum diphyllum
swallow wort
swallowwort
Welsh poppy
western poppy
wind poppy
wood poppy
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.