How Long Is Poppy seed? 1 mm Compared | Magnitudle

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Poppy seed (1 mm) drawn to scale beside a grain of sand (500 µm) and a raindrop (2 mm) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Grain of sand (500 µm), Poppy seed (1 mm) and Raindrop (2 mm).

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How big is that, really?

About 2× the width of a grain of sand
About 2 would fit across a raindrop
About 7 would fit end to end along a grain of rice
About 8.7× the width of a human egg cell
About 14× the width of a human hair

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Facts about Poppy seed

Poppy seeds come from the seed capsules of flowering poppies and are commonly used whole in baking.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Poppy”; USDA FoodData Central, “Seeds, poppy seed”

Food & Drink

Name	Size	Compared with Poppy seed
Poppy seed	1 mm	this page
Sesame seed	2 mm	2×
Mustard seed	2 mm	2×
Lentil	4 mm (0.16 in)	4×
Rice grain	7 mm (0.28 in)	7×
Pea	8 mm (0.31 in)	8×
Chickpea	8 mm (0.31 in)	8×
Coffee bean	9 mm (0.35 in)	9×
Corn kernel	1.2 cm (0.47 in)	12×
Blueberry	1.5 cm (0.59 in)	15×

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