Meaning
poppy
- a herbaceous plant with showy, typically bright red flowers and small black seeds
In a sentence
In primavera i campi di grano si riempiono di papaveri rossi.
In spring, the wheat fields fill with red poppies.
Questo pane artigianale è ricoperto di semi di papavero.
This artisanal bread is topped with poppy seeds.
Ha colto un papavero selvatico lungo il sentiero.
She picked a wild poppy along the path.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| papavero | masculine · singular |
| papaveri | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Figuratively, 'un papavero' or 'un alto papavero' can mean a high-ranking official or VIP.
- In Italian countryside imagery, poppies ('papaveri') often evoke summer and wheat fields.