poppyseed

See also: poppy seed

English

poppyseeds

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

• Afrikaans: papawersaad
• Arabic: بذور خشخاش
• Bulgarian: маково семе (makovo seme)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: mák (cs) m
• Danish: birkes n
• Dutch: maanzaad (nl)
• Finnish: unikonsiemen, unikonsiemenet
• French: graine de pavot
• Georgian: ხაშხაში (xašxaši)
• German: Mohn (de) m, Mohnsaat f, Mohnsamen pl
• Greek: σπόροι παπαρούνας (spóroi paparoúnas)
• Hungarian: mák (hu)
• Icelandic: valmúafræ
• Italian: semi di papavero, grani di papavero
• Japanese: ケシの実 (keshi no mi)
• Korean: 양귀비 씨 (yanggwibi ssi)
• Malayalam: കശകശ (ml) (kaśakaśa)
• Marathi: खस खस (khas khas)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: valmuefrø (no) n

  Nynorsk: valmuefrø n

• Polish: mak (pl) m, ziarenko maku n or n pl
• Portuguese: semente de papoila f
• Punjabi: ਖਸਖਸ (pa) (khaskhas)
• Russian: мак (ru) m (mak) (collective), ма́ковое зёрнышко n (mákovoje zjórnyško) (single), се́мя ма́ка n (sémja máka) (single)
• Sanskrit: तिलभेदः (tilabhedaḥ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: mȁk (sh) m

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mak m

• Spanish: semilla de amapola f, semillas de amapola f pl
• Swedish: vallmofrön
• Tamil: கசகசா (ta) (kacakacā)
• Turkish: haşhaş tohumu
• Ukrainian: мак (uk) m (mak)