For those who don't know the context of the reference to the poppy, it's from the poem "In Flanders Fields"<p>>In Flanders fields the poppies blow<p>> Between the crosses, row on row,<p>> That mark our place; and in the sky<p>> The larks, still bravely singing, fly<p>> Scarce heard amid the guns below.<p>> We are the Dead. Short days ago<p>> We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<p>> Loved and were loved, and now we lie<p>> In Flanders fields.<p>> Take up our quarrel with the foe:<p>> To you from failing hands we throw<p>> The torch; be yours to hold it high.<p>> If ye break faith with us who die<p>> We shall not sleep, though poppies grow<p>> In Flanders fields.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields</a>