🥀 The word “poppy” is derived from the Latin word “papaver,” which means “to swell.”
🥀 Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, death and rebirth; as well as consolation and remembrance
🥀 Poppy flowers also symbolize beauty, magic, consolation, humility, fertility, prosperity, and eternal life. In China they also represent the loyalty and faith between lovers.
source: Vocal Medicine, Kathleen Karlsen