poppyhead

Updated: July 27, 2025

Compare, for example, the innumerable small round seedlets of the poppyhead with the solitary large and richly stored seed of the walnut, or the tiny black specks of mustard and cress with the single compact and well-filled seed of the filbert and the acorn.

Grant Allen - Falling in Love: With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science