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Papaver somniferum   Listen
Papaver somniferum

noun
1.
Southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium.  Synonym: opium poppy.





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... include meperidine or Pethidine (Demerol, Mepergan), methadone (Dolophine, Methadose), and others (Darvon, Lomotil). Opium is the brown, gummy exudate of the incised, unripe seedpod of the opium poppy. Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is the source for the natural and semisynthetic narcotics. Poppy straw is the entire cut and dried opium poppy-plant material, other than the seeds. Opium is extracted from poppy straw in commercial operations that produce ...
— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency


Words linked to "Papaver somniferum" :   Papaver, poppy seed, opium poppy, poppy, genus Papaver


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