(Australia, New Zealand) A conspicuously successful person, especially one who attracts envious hostility.
1999 June 1, Polly Schneider, Australia Unbound, CIO, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zAgAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=%22tall+poppy%22|%22tall+poppies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=TK9iuxP0o5&sig=2vg0U-pnmF3cthm…
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