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poppyhead

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poppyhead [ˈpɒpɪˌhɛd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the hard dry seed-containing capsule of a poppy See also capsule [3a]
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a carved ornament, esp one used on the top of the end of a pew or bench in Gothic church architecture
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The intersuitial spaces is filed with materials of various origins: from nature with coal, rush, bamboo, wood stribs, poppyheads, feathers etc, or from technology with sprockets, tea-strainers, hoses, lighters and syringes.
Christ Pavilion, Expo 2000 Hanover by The Architectural Review
 
 
 
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