poppyhead

See also: poppy head

English

the seedhead of a poppy

Carved bench end with poppyhead

Alternative forms

• poppy head

Etymology 1

From poppy +‎ head.

Noun

poppyhead (plural poppyheads)

1. The seedhead of a poppy.

Translations

head of a poppy

• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: makovice (cs) f
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: unikonkota
• German: Mohnkopf m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κωδύα f (kōdúa), κώδεια f (kṓdeia), κώδυον n (kṓduon)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: mákgubó (hu)
• Irish: ceann poipín m
• Polish: makówka (pl) f, makowica f (archaic)
• Russian: ма́ковка (ru) f (mákovka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ма̏ковица f, ча̀хура ма̀ка f

  Latin: mȁkovica (sh) f, čàhura màkа f

• Slovak: makovica f
• Spanish: cabeza de adormidera f
• Swedish: vallmoknopp c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: ма́ківка f (mákivka)

Etymology 2

Possibly from poppy +‎ head as above, as many designs resemble fleur-de-lis. Alternatively, the first element may reflect French poupe (“stern”), as they also appear similar to the stern of a ship, or French poupée (“doll”).

Noun

poppyhead (plural poppyheads)

1. A raised ornament frequently having the form of a finial. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.
   • 1860. Raphael Brandon, Joshua Arthur Brandon, "An analysis of Gothick architecture: illustrated by a series of: Volume 1", Page 98

     Poppy, or poppy head, the more correct term for designating these wooden " Crops," would appear to be derived from the frequent custom of working the terminations into figures of priests, warriors

References

• “poppyhead”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Category:Poppyheads on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons