Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poppy seed oil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: pop-py seed oil
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An edible oil obtained from poppy seeds, specifically seeds of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The juice of the unripened pod is the source of opium, yet the seeds do not contain the toxic alkaloids and are often used in baking or for poppy seed oil."
"The treatment involves flushing a woman’s fallopian tubes with specially treated poppy seed oil."
"If the CBD doesn’t leave you deliciously spaced out (through its placebo effect or otherwise) then the sun streaming into the open hut and the gentle wind wisping through the windows, as you enjoy an English Garden massage, with rose, camelina and poppy seed oil, will probably deliver you to relaxation nirvana."

Usage

Inflected Forms

poppy seed oils (plural) poppy-seed oil (alternative) poppyseed oil (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

olive oil palm oil more

Synonyms

poppy oil

Questions

What does poppy seed oil mean?: An edible oil obtained from poppy seeds, specifically seeds of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum).

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