cinnabar vs poppy

cinnabar

noun
  • A bright red colour tinted with orange. 

  • A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion. 

  • The Elixir of Life. 

  • A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings. 

adj
  • Of a bright red colour tinted with orange. 

poppy

noun
  • A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower. 

  • A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday. 

  • Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant. 

  • One's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing. 

adj
  • Having a popping or bursting sound. 

  • Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas). 

  • Of a beverage: resembling soda pop; effervescent, fizzy. 

  • Of eyes: protruding, sticking out. 

  • Typical, or in the style, of pop music. 

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