poppy seed

noun

: the seed of a poppy used chiefly as a topping or flavoring for baked goods

Examples of poppy seed in a Sentence

Sprinkle poppy seeds on the bread before baking.

Recent Examples on the Web

Smoothing round poppy seeds and sea salt—which do the gentle buffing—come suspended in a hunk of detoxifying French blue clay, nourishing olive fruit oil, and zingy peppermint essential oil, the latter of which wakes you up better than any iPhone alarm. —Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

The poppy seeds and leopard spots, meantime, resemble markings left behind by metabolizing microbes on Earth. —Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Sep. 2025

Here’s their order: Jocelyn: sausage, egg, cream cheese, salt, pepper, ketchup on an everything bagel Alex: bacon, egg and cheese, salt, pepper, ketchup on a poppy seed bagel Zully: bacon, egg and cheese, salt, pepper, ketchup on an everything bagel. —Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025

Champagne Poppy, by contrast, is a lighter poppy seed cookie that features sly citrus notes. —Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for poppy seed

• aniseed
• centipede
• cottonseed
• disagreed
• ganymede
• guaranteed
• intercede
• overspeed
• pedigreed
• refereed
• supercede
• supersede