Poppies have long been used as a symbol of which of the listed options?

As a proud Canadian of 60+ I can still recite In Flanders Fields. We learned it in school and it holds special significance.

using any part of the poppy at any dose is highly poisonous.poppy is the enduring symbol of the first world war.

Interesting! Great info.

Poppies will make them sleep...

Of course, the poppies that contain opium are not the instantly recognisable red poppies worn by war veterans. The opium poppy is a very different flower, more commonly white or pink.

From the seeds comes opium, that is why people sleep 😴

Player #53553731, red symbolizes life too, as blood is red

The kind of poppy shown in the photo is not the plant from which opium is extracted.

ProudCanadian, Something, very sadly, I bet 99% of teens in North America would have no clue how to start that poem. My grandfather was John McRae, and not born till 1916, and I was always proud, of the similar name relation, and our Scottish ancestry.

A Big Friendly Ghost, not entirely true - ive eaten many poppy seeds that have come straight out of the heads from our fields we own and i have never got ill from them

I learned that in school how could I forget omg :(??

Player #14693237, opium is a drug which makes the producer of opium poisonous

so sad how can a beautiful flower be the symbol of death oh wait it is poisonous

gargi 🙂