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Poppied adj.

Mingled or interspersed with poppies. "Poppied corn."

Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; inactive. (R.) "The poppied sails doze on the yard."

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Etymology of 'Poppied'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Poppied" Quotes from Famous Books

... (sings). From thy poppied sleep awake; From they golden dreams arise; Earth and seas new colors take, Love-light dawns in rosy skies, Weird night's fantastic shadows are outworn; Why tarriest thou, ...

— The Poems of Emma Lazarus - Vol. I (of II.), Narrative, Lyric, and Dramatic • Emma Lazarus

... shock of battle they have already become unreal and dreamlike. I touch them and the bloom vanishes. But sometimes when I do not try to write, and only lean back and close my eyes, I can catch again a little of their breath and sweetness; I can see the purpling vineyards and the poppied fields; I can drift once more with Elizabeth and our girls ...

— Dwellers in Arcady - The Story of an Abandoned Farm • Albert Bigelow Paine